Aves - Gruiformes - Bathornithidae

Belongs to Bathornis according to J. Cracraft 1968

See also Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Bathornis celeripes, Bathornis cursor, Bathornis fricki, Bathornis grallator, Bathornis minor, Bathornis veredus, Neocathartes grallator

Type specimen: S.D.S.M. No. 4030, a set of limb elements (tarsometatarsus, tibiotarsus).

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at East of Rockyford (Protoceras Channels) (Oligocene of South Dakota)

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