Aves - Suliformes - Plotopteridae
Full reference: G. J. Dyke, X. Wong, and M. B. Habib. 2011. Fossil Plotopterid Seabirds from the Eo-Oligocene of the Olympic Peninsula (Washington State, USA): Descriptions and Functional Morphology. PLoS One 6(10)
Belongs to Tonsala according to G. Kaiser et al. 2015
See also Dyke et al. 2011
Sister taxon: Tonsala hildegardae
Type specimen: UWBM 86875. Its type locality is Murdock Creek, which is in a Rupelian deep-water siltstone in the Pysht Formation of Washington.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (3: Washington collections)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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