†Telmabates howardae Cracraft 1970 (waterfowl)
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Aves - Anseriformes - Presbyornithidae
Full reference: J. Cracraft. 1970. A new species of Telmabates (Phoenicopteriformes) from the lower Eocene of Patagonia. The Condor 72(4):479-480
Belongs to Telmabates according to J. Cracraft 1970
See also Tambussi et al. 2023
Sister taxon: Telmabates antiquus
Type specimen: A.M.N.H. No. 3189, a limb element (distal end of right tibiotarsus). Its type locality is Cañadon Hondo, Bird Clay locality, which is in a Casamayoran lacustrine claystone/tuff in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution: found only at Cañadon Hondo, Bird Clay locality
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