Brachypteracias langrandi Goodman 2000 (Ampoza ground roller)

Aves - Coraciiformes - Brachypteraciidae

Full reference: S. M. Goodman. 2000. A description of a new species of Brachypteracias (Family Brachypteraciidae) from the Holocene of Madagascar. Ostrich 71:318-322

Belongs to Brachypteracias according to S. M. Goodman 2000

Sister taxon: Brachypteracias leptosomus

Type specimen: AMNH 20842, a limb element (right humerus). Its type locality is Locality II, SW of Ampoza, which is in a Holocene terrestrial horizon in Madagascar.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Locality II, SW of Ampoza

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