Aves - Procellariiformes - Diomedeidae
Full reference: G. Mayr and J. L. Goedert. 2017. Oligocene and Miocene albatross fossils from Washington State (USA) and the evolutionary history of North Pacific Diomedeidae. The Auk 134:659-671
Belongs to Diomedavus according to G. Mayr and J. L. Goedert 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: LACM 130330, a partial skeleton (proximal half of left humer- us, proximal portion of right carpometacarpus, fragmen- tary extremitas sternalis of right coracoid, left tarsometatarsus, and cerv). Its type locality is LACM 4510, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in the Lincoln Creek Formation of Washington.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at LACM 4510
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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