†Bathornis celeripes Wetmore 1933 (bird)
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Aves - Gruiformes - Bathornithidae
Belongs to Bathornis according to J. Cracraft 1968
See also Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Bathornis cursor, Bathornis fricki, Bathornis geographicus, Bathornis grallator, Bathornis minor, Bathornis veredus, Neocathartes grallator
Type specimen: M.C.Z. No. 2234, a limb element (tarsometatarsus).
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Chamberlain Pass (Lower Nodular Zone) (Oligocene of South Dakota)
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