†Palaeociconia australis Moreno 1889 (bird)
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Aves - Gruiformes - Hermosiornithidae
Alternative combination: Hermosiornis australis
Full reference: F. P. Moreno. 1889. Breve reseña de los progresos del Museo de la Plata, durante el segundo semestre de 1888. Boletin del Museo de La Plata 2:1-44
Belongs to Palaeociconia according to F. P. Moreno 1889
See also Lambrecht 1933, Moreno and Mercerat 1891 and Rovereto 1914
Sister taxa: Mesembriornis milneedwardsi, Mesembriornis quatrefagesi, Prophororhacos incertus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Monte Hermoso, which is in a Montehermosan terrestrial siltstone in the Monte Hermoso Formation of Argentina
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Monte Hermoso
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