Aves - Gruiformes - Bathornithidae
Invalid subtaxa: Eocathartes Wetmore 1944 [replaced name], Neocathartes Wetmore 1950
Parent taxon: Bathornithidae according to J. Cracraft 1968
See also Amadon 1977, Carroll 1988, Emslie 1988, Galbreath 1953, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Mayr 2007, Mourer-Chauviré 1981, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1944, Wetmore 1950, Wetmore 1956 and Wetmore 1960
Sister taxa: Eutreptornis, Paracrax
Subtaxa: Bathornis celeripes Bathornis cursor Bathornis fricki Bathornis geographicus Bathornis grallator Bathornis minor Bathornis veredus Neocathartes grallator
Type: Bathornis veredus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Arikareean of United States (1: Wyoming collection)
• Oligocene of United States (4: South Dakota)
• Eocene of United States (5: Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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