†Meganhinga chilensis Alvarenga 1995 (darter)
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Aves - Suliformes - Anhingidae
Full reference: H. M. F. Alvarenga. 1995. A large and probably flightless anhinga from the Miocene of Chile. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senkenberg 181:149-161
Belongs to Meganhinga according to S. Soto-Acuña et al. 2013
See also Alvarenga 1995 and Chavez 2007
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SGO-PV 4001-A, a limb element (right tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Cerro Rucañanco, which is in a Serravallian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone/conglomerate in the Cura-Mallin Formation of Chile.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cerro Rucañanco
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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