Limicorallus saiensis Kurochkin 1968 (cormorant)

Aves - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae

Alternative combination: Phalacrocorax saiensis

Full reference: Y. Kurochkin. 1968. New Oligocene birds from Kazakhstan. Paleontologicheski Zhurnal 92(101)

Belongs to Limicorallus according to G. Mayr 2009

See also Kurochkin 1968 and Mlíkovsky and Svec 1986

Sister taxon: Limicorallus carbunculus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lake Chelkar-Teniz, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in Kazakhstan

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lake Chelkar-Teniz

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