Notoleptos Acosta Hospitaleche and Gelfo 2017 (albatross)

Aves - Procellariiformes - Diomedeidae

Full reference: C. Acosta Hospitaleche and J. N. Gelfo. 2017. Procellariiform remains and a new species from the latest Eocene of Antarctica. Historical Biology 29(6):755-769

Parent taxon: Diomedeidae according to C. Acosta Hospitaleche and J. N. Gelfo 2017

Sister taxa: Aldiomedes, Diomedavus, Diomedea, Phoebastria, Phoebetria, Thalassarche, Tydea

Subtaxa: Notoleptos giglii

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Type: Notoleptos giglii

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at DPV 16/84 (Eocene of Antarctica)

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