Geranoides jepseni Wetmore 1933 (bird)

Aves - Struthioniformes - Geranoididae

Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1933. Fossil bird remains from the Eocene of Wyoming. The Condor 35(3):115-118

Belongs to Geranoides according to A. Wetmore 1933

See also Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Princeton University 13257, a limb element (distal end of left metatarsus). Its type locality is South Elk Creek (Princeton collection), which is in a Wasatchian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at South Elk Creek (Princeton collection)

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