†Walbeckornis creber Mayr 2007 (bird)
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Aves - Gruiformes - Messelornithidae
Full reference: G. Mayr. 2007. The birds from the Paleocene fissure filling of Walbeck (Germany). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(2):394-408
Belongs to Walbeckornis according to G. Mayr 2007
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: WAL 472.2007, a set of postcrania (right tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Walbeck (Weferlingen), which is in a Selandian fissure fill sandstone/mudstone in Germany.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Walbeck (Weferlingen)
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