†Colymbus (Dytes) oligocaenus Shufeldt 1915
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Aves - Colymbiformes - Colymbidae
Alternative combinations: Colymbus oligocaenus, Colymbus oligoceanus
Full reference: R. W. Shufeldt. 1915. Fossil birds in the Marsh Collection of Yale University. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 19:1-110
Belongs to Colymbus according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Lambrecht 1933, Shufeldt 1915 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Colymbus (Colymbus), Colymbus (Dytes), Colymbus portisi, Colymbus subparvus
Type specimen: YPM 983, a limb element. Its type locality is Lower Willow Creek, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in Oregon.
Distribution: found only at Lower Willow Creek
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