†Branta woolfendeni Bickart 1990 (goose)
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Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Full reference: K. J. Bickart. 1990. The birds of the Late Miocene-Early Pliocene Big Sandy Formation, Mohave County, Arizona. Ornithological Monographs 44:1-72
Belongs to Branta according to K. J. Bickart 1990
Sister taxa: Branta bernicla, Branta canadensis, Branta dickeyi, Branta esmeralda, Branta howardae, Branta hutchinsii, Branta hylobadistes, Branta hypsibata, Branta leucopsis, Branta minuscula, Branta propinqua, Branta ruficollis, Branta sandvicensis
Type specimen: F:AM 20888, a limb element (right tarsometatarsus)
Ecology: volant folivore-granivore
Distribution: found only at UCMP V-99563 (Miocene to Miocene of California)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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