†Palaeonossax senectus Wetmore 1956 (fowl)
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Reptilia - Galliformes - Cracidae
Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1956. A fossil guan from the Oligocene of South Dakota. The Condor 58(3):234-235
Belongs to Palaeonossax according to A. Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SDSM no. 457, a limb element (distal end of right humerus). Its type locality is 5 Miles South of Scenic, which is in a Whitneyan channel sandstone in the Brule Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: volant frugivore
Distribution: found only at 5 Miles South of Scenic
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