Enaliornis barretti Seeley 1876 (bird)

Aves - Hesperornithiformes

Alternative combination: Pelagornis barretti

Belongs to Enaliornis according to A. Elzanowski and P. M. Galton 1991

See also Brodkorb 1963, Brodkorb 1971, Padian 2004, Seeley 1869, Van Den Broeck 1900 and Zittel 1890

Sister taxa: Enaliornis sedgwicki, Enaliornis seeleyi, Enaliornis segdwicki

Type specimen: BMNH A477, a limb element (distal end of a left tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Coldham Common, which is in an Albian marine carbonate in the Gault Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Coldham Common

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