Chionoides australiensis De Pietri et al. 2016 (shorebird)

Aves - Charadriiformes

Full reference: V. L. De Pietri, R. P. Scofield, S. J. Hand, A. J. D. Tennyson, and T. H. Worthy. 2016. Sheathbill-like birds (Charadriiformes: Chionoidea) from the Oligocene and Miocene of Australasia. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Belongs to Chionoides according to V. L. De Pietri et al. 2016

See also Worthy and Nguyen 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SAM P41458, a limb element (left coracoid). Its type locality is Neville's Nirvana, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine horizon in the Etadunna Formation of Australia.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Neville's Nirvana

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