Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Alternative combination: Anser hypsibata
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1878. Descriptions of new extinct Vertebrata from the Upper Tertiary and Dakota Formations. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4(2):379-396
Belongs to Branta according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Hay 1902, Howard 1946, Lambrecht 1933, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Branta bernicla, Branta canadensis, Branta dickeyi, Branta esmeralda, Branta howardae, Branta hutchinsii, Branta hylobadistes, Branta leucopsis, Branta minuscula, Branta propinqua, Branta ruficollis, Branta sandvicensis, Branta woolfendeni
Ecology: volant folivore-granivore
Distribution: found only at Fossil Lake (Quaternary of Oregon)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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