Full reference: L. A. Nessov and A. A. Yarkov. 1989. Novye ptitsy Mela-Paleogena SSSR i nekotorye zamechaniya po istorii vozniknoveniya i evolyutsii klassa [New Cretaceous-Paleogene birds of the USSR and some remarks on the origin and evolution of the Class Aves]. Fauna i Ekologiya Ptits Evrazii [Faunistic and Ecological Studies of Eurasian Birds]. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademiya Nauk SSSR 197:78-97
Belongs to Volgavis according to S. Hope 2002
See also Kurochkin 2000 and Nessov and Yarkov 1989
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: ZISP-PO 3638, a mandible. Its type locality is Malaya Ivanovka, which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine sandstone in the Russian Federation.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Malaya Ivanovka
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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