Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1930. Fossil bird remains from the Temblor Formation near Bakersfield, California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 19(8):85-93
Belongs to Presbychen according to H. Howard 1972
See also Brodkorb 1964, Howard 1968, Lambrecht 1933, Miller and DeMay 1942, Wetmore 1930, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 11973, a limb element (distal right tibia). Its type locality is Sharktooth Hill Bonebed, which is in a Langhian terrestrial siltstone in the Temblor Formation of California.
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (4: California collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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