Gradiornis walbeckensis Mayr 2007 (bird)

Aves - Gruiformes

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 Gradiornis according to G. Mayr 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: WAL 349.2007, a set of postcrania (left coracoid). 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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