†Eleutherornis helveticus Schaub 1940 (terror bird)
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Aves - Gruiformes - Phorusrhacidae
Alternative combination: Loncornis helveticus
Full reference: S. Schaub. 1940. Ein Ratitenbecken aus dem Bohnerz von Egerkingen (Pelvis of a Ratitae from the Bohnerz of Egerkingen). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 33(2):274-284
Belongs to Eleutherornis according to A. Wetmore 1960
See also Houde 1988, Mayr 2009 and Schaub 1940
Sister taxon: Eleutherornis cotei
Type specimen: Museum Basel Eh 781. Its type locality is Egerkingen, gamma fissure, which is in a Bartonian fissure fill horizon in Switzerland.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Egerkingen, gamma fissure
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