Barornis regens Marsh 1894 (bird)

Aves - Diatrymiformes - Diatrymidae

Alternative combination: Diatryma regens

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1894. A gigantic bird from the Eocene of New Jersey. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 48(286):344

Belongs to Barornis according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Hay 1902, Lambrecht 1933, Marsh 1894, Matthew and Granger 1917, Shufeldt 1915 and Wetmore 1940

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Squankum, which is in an Eocene coastal siliciclastic in the Shark River Formation of New Jersey

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at Squankum

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