Cygnus hibbardi Brodkorb 1958 (swan)

Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Alternative combination: Olor hibbardi

Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1958. Fossil birds from Idaho. The Wilson Bulletin 70(3):237-242

Belongs to Cygnus according to P. Brodkorb 1958

See also Brodkorb 1964

Sister taxa: Cygnus (Olor), Cygnus (Sthenelides), Cygnus atratus, Cygnus buccinator, Cygnus columbianus, Cygnus csakvarensis, Cygnus cygnus, Cygnus equitum, Cygnus falconeri, Cygnus herenthalsi, Cygnus matthewi, Cygnus melancoryphus, Cygnus olor, Cygnus paloregonus, Cygnus pristinus, Cygnus sumnerensis

Type specimen: UMMP 338945, a limb element (right tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Hagerman west 2, which is in a Pliocene lacustrine - large horizon in the Hagerman Formation of Idaho.

Ecology: volant folivore-granivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (3: Idaho, Oregon collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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