Aves - Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae
Full reference: J. I. Noriega and G. Cladera. 2008. First record of an extinct marabou stork in the Neogene of South America. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(4):593-600
Belongs to Leptoptilos according to J. I. Noriega and G. Cladera 2008
See also Tambussi et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Leptoptilos crumenifer, Leptoptilos dubius, Leptoptilos falconeri, Leptoptilos javanicus, Leptoptilos pliocenicus, Leptoptilos robustus, Leptoptilos siwalicensis, Leptoptilos titan, Leptoptilus arvernensis
Type specimen: MEF 1363, a partial skeleton (associated partial skeleton wing and leg bones and a few fragments of the skull). Its type locality is Punta Buenos Aires, which is in a Miocene coastal mudstone/limestone in the Puerto Madryn Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution: found only at Punta Buenos Aires
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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