Plotornis graculoides Portis 1884

Aves - Procellariiformes - Pandiomedeidae

Alternative combination: Chenornis graculoides

Belongs to Plotornis according to G. Mayr and M. Pavia 2014

See also Brodkorb 1964, Ksepka et al. 2023, Lambrecht 1933 and Van Beneden 1872

Sister taxa: Plotornis archaeonautes, Plotornis avernensis, Plotornis delfortrii

Type specimen: MGPT-PU 17360 , a partial skeleton (ight humerus, ulna, and radius, as well as partial right tibiotarsus and tarsometatarsus)

Distribution: found only at Ceva (Miocene of Italy)

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