Gavia pusilla Shufeldt 1915 (loon)

Aves - Gaviiformes - Gaviidae

Alternative combination: Gaviella pusilla

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 Gavia according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Lambrecht 1933, Shufeldt 1915, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Gavia adamsii, Gavia arctica, Gavia brodkorbi, Gavia concinna, Gavia egeriana, Gavia fortis, Gavia howardae, Gavia immer, Gavia moldavica, Gavia pacifica, Gavia paradoxa, Gavia schultzi, Gavia stellata

Type specimen: YPM 864, a limb element (carpometacarpus)

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lusk (40' above PWL) (Oligocene of Wyoming)

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