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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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