†Plotopterum Howard 1969 (bird)
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Aves - Suliformes - Plotopteridae
Full reference: H. Howard. 1969. A new avian fossil from Kern County, California. The Condor 71(1):68-69
Parent taxon: Plotopteridae according to S. L. Olson and Y. Hasegawa 1996
See also Carroll 1988, Goedert and Cornish 2002, Howard 1969, Howard 1972, Kaiser et al. 2015, Olson 1980, Olson 1985 and Sakurai et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Empeirodytes, Phocavis, Stemec, Stenornis, Tonsalinae
Subtaxa: Plotopterum joaquinensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (1 collection)
• Oligocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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