Aves - Gruiformes - Hermosiornithidae
Named as Mesembriornis Milne-Edwardii originally
Alternative combination: Hermosiornis milneedwardsi
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 Mesembriornis according to C. P. Tambussi et al. 2023
See also Alvarenga and Holfing 2003, Bertelli et al. 2007, Gould and Quitmyer 2005, Lambrecht 1933, Moreno 1889, Moreno and Mercerat 1891 and Rovereto 1914
Sister taxa: Mesembriornis quatrefagesi, Palaeociconia australis, 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:
• Pliocene of Argentina (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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