Cyphornis magnus Cope 1895 (bird)

Aves - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1895. On Cyphornis, an extinct genus of birds. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9:449-452

Belongs to Cyphornis according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Cenizo et al. 2015, Hay 1902, Lambrecht 1933, Mayr and Rubilar-Rogers 2010, Wemore 1928, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Carmanah Point, which is in an Oligocene marine claystone in Canada

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Carmanah Point

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