Bathornis fricki Cracraft 1968 (bird)

Aves - Gruiformes - Bathornithidae

Full reference: J. Cracraft. 1968. A review of the Bathornithidae (Aves, Gruiformes), with remarks on the relationships of the suborder Cariamae. American Museum Novitates 2326:1-46

Belongs to Bathornis according to J. Cracraft 1968

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

Type specimen: A.M.N.H. No. 2100, a limb element (complete right tibiotarsus). Its type locality is Willow Creek, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Willow Creek

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