Aves - Anseriformes - Vegaviidae
Full reference: K. Lambrecht. 1929. Neogaeornis wetzeli, n. g., n. s., der erste Kreidevogel der südlichen Hemisphäre [Neogaeornis wetzeli n. g. n. sp. the first Cretaceous bird from the Southern Hemisphere]. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 11:121-128
Belongs to Neogaeornis according to S. Hope 2002
See also Brodkorb 1971, Chavez 2007, Chong Diaz and Gasparini 1976, Lambrecht 1929, Lambrecht 1933, Lawver et al. 2011, Olson 1992 and Talent et al. 1966
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GPMK 123, a limb element (right tarsometatarsus lacking proximal articular surface and inner trochlea). Its type locality is west end, Bahía San Vicente, which is in a Maastrichtian transition zone/lower shoreface mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Quiriquina Formation of Chile.
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution: found only at west end, Bahía San Vicente
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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