Full reference: C. A. Forster, L. M. Chiappe, D. W. Krause and S. D. Sampson. 1996. The first Cretaceous bird from Madagascar. Nature 382:532-535
Parent taxon: Ornithuromorpha according to M. Wang et al. 2015
See also Cau and Arduini 2008, Chiappe 2002, Clarke et al. 2005, Forster et al. 1996, Forster et al. 2002, O'Connor et al. 2014, Padian 2004, Wang and Liu 2015, Wang et al. 2014 and Wang et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Ambiortus, Antarcticavis, Apsaravis, Archaeorhynchus, Bellulia, Changmaornis, Chaoyangia, Dingavis, Eogranivora, Gansus, Hollanda, Hongshanornithidae, Iteravis, Jianchangornis, Jiuquanornis, Juehuaornis, Khinganornis, Liaoningornis, Ornithurae, Patagopteryx, Piscivoravis, Schizooura, Schizoouridae, Songlingornithidae, Yumenornis, Zhongjianornis
Subtaxa: Vorona berivotrensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Madagascar (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 5 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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