†Nectornis anatolicus Paicheler et al. 1978
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Aves - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Alternative combination: Phalacrocorax anatolicus
Full reference: J. C. Paicheler, F. de Broin, J. Gaudant, C. Mourer-Chauvire, J. C. Rage and C. Vergnaud-Grazzini. 1978. Le bassin lacustre Miocene de Bes-Konak (Anatolie-Turquie): geologie et introduction a la paleontologie des vertebres. Geobios 11(1):43-65
Belongs to Nectornis according to T. H. Worthy 2011
See also Göhlich and Mourer-Cauvire 2010 and Paicheler et al. 1978
Sister taxon: Nectornis miocaenus
Type specimen: DER 98, a limb element (left coracoid). Its type locality is Bes-Konak, which is in an Aquitanian lacustrine - large diatomite in Turkey.
Distribution: found only at Bes-Konak
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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