†Barornis regens Marsh 1894 (bird)
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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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