Headonornis Harrison and Walker 1976 (waterfowl)

Aves - Anseriformes - Presbyornithidae

Full reference: C. J. O. Harrison and C. A. Walker. 1976. Birds of the British Upper Eocene. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 59:323-351

Parent taxon: Presbyornithidae according to E. N. Kurochkin et al. 2002

See also Harrison and Walker 1976

Sister taxa: Bumbalavis, Murgonornis, Presbyornis, Telmabates, Teviornis, Wilaru, Zhylgaia

Subtaxa: Headonornis hantoniensis

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Type: Agnopterus hantoniensis

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at Hordle Cliff (generic, non-specific locality) (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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