Brontornis burmeisteri Moreno and Mercerat 1891 (waterfowl)

Aves - Anseriformes

Synonyms: Brontornis platyonyx Ameghino 1894, Liornis floweri Ameghino 1894, Rostrornis floweri Moreno and Mercerat 1891

Full reference: F. P. Moreno and A. Mercerat. 1891. Catálogo de los pájaros fósiles de la República Argentina conservados en el Museo de La Plata [Catalogue of the fossil birds from the Argentine Republic housed in the Museo de La Plata]. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 1:7-71

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

See also Alvarenga and Holfing 2003, Ameghino 1894, Bertelli et al. 2007, Buffetaut 2016, Gould and Quitmyer 2005 and Lambrecht 1933

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Brontornis burmeisteri: Museo de La Plata, a set of limb elements (femur, tibia, tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Lago Argentino, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
  • Brontornis platyonyx:
  • Liornis floweri:
  • Rostrornis floweri: Museo de La Plata, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Monte Leon Fm - Monte Leon, which is in a Miocene marine siliciclastic in the Monte Leon Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (8 collections)

Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences

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