Mesembriornis milneedwardsi Moreno 1889

Aves - Gruiformes - Hermosiornithidae

Named as Mesembriornis Milne-Edwardii originally

Alternative combination: Hermosiornis milneedwardsi

Full reference: F. P. Moreno. 1889. Breve reseƱa de los progresos del Museo de la Plata, durante el segundo semestre de 1888. Boletin del Museo de La Plata 2:1-44

Belongs to Mesembriornis according to C. P. Tambussi et al. 2023

See also Alvarenga and Holfing 2003, Bertelli et al. 2007, Gould and Quitmyer 2005, Lambrecht 1933, Moreno 1889, Moreno and Mercerat 1891 and Rovereto 1914

Sister taxa: Mesembriornis quatrefagesi, Palaeociconia australis, Prophororhacos incertus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Monte Hermoso, which is in a Montehermosan terrestrial siltstone in the Monte Hermoso Formation of Argentina

Distribution:

• Montehermosan of Argentina (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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