Macrornis tanaupus Seeley 1866 (bird)

Aves - Diatrymiformes

Full reference: H. G. Seeley. 1866. XIX.— Note on some new genera of fossil birds in the Woodwardian Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 3 18(104):109-110

Belongs to Macrornis according to C. J. O. Harrison and C. A. Walker 1976

See also Seeley 1866

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hordle Cliff (generic, non-specific locality), which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Headon Beds Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at Hordle Cliff (generic, non-specific locality)

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