Pycnoptilus fordi Baird 1993 (perching bird)

Aves - Passeriformes - Acanthizidae

Full reference: R. F. Baird. 1993. Pleistocene avian fossils from Pyramids Cave (M-89), eastern Victoria, Australia. Alcheringa 17:383-404

Belongs to Pycnoptilus according to R. F. Baird 1993

See also Worthy and Nguyen 2020

Sister taxon: Pycnoptilus floccosus

Type specimen: MVP183128, a limb element (right humerus). Its type locality is Pyramids Cave (M-89), which is in a Pleistocene cave siliciclastic in Australia.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pyramids Cave (M-89)

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