Cruschedula Ameghino 1899 (bird)

Aves - Pelecaniformes - Cladornithidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1899. Supplemento (Adiciones y Correcciones). Sinopsis Geologico-Paleontologica 1-13

Parent taxon: Cladornithidae according to A. Wetmore 1960

See also Ameghino 1899, Ameghino 1905, Lambrecht 1933, Simpson 1946, Simpson 1972 and Tambussi et al. 2023

Sister taxon: Cladornis

Subtaxa: Cruschedula revola

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gulf of San Jorge (Oligocene of Argentina)

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