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Presbyornis recurvirostrus
Taxonomy
Coltonia recurvirostra was named by Hardy (1959). Its type specimen is UKMNH No. 10105, a set of limb elements (fragments of left humerus, radius, ulna, and carpometacarpus), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Mouth of Ephraim Canyon, which is in an Eocene lacustrine limestone in the Colton Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Coltonia.
It was recombined as Presbyornis recurvirostrus by Ericson (2000).
It was recombined as Presbyornis recurvirostrus by Ericson (2000).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1959 | Coltonia recurvirostra Hardy p. 106 |
2000 | Presbyornis recurvirostrus Ericson p. 9 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Presbyornis recurvirostrus Hardy 1959
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Marsh 1875, Livezey 1997 |