Aves - Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae

Alternative combination: Dissourodes milleri

Full reference: L. L. Short. 1966. A new Pliocene stork from Nebraska. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 149(9):1-11

Belongs to Mycteria according to S. L. Olson 1991

See also Brodkorb 1967

Sister taxa: Mycteria americana, Mycteria cinerea, Mycteria ibis, Mycteria leucocephala, Mycteria wetmorei, Tantalus breselensis

Type specimen: UNSM 5780, a limb element (tibiotarsus)

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Crookston Bridge Quarry (Miocene of Nebraska)

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