Dakotornis Erickson 1975 (shorebird)

Aves - Charadriiformes - Dakotornithidae

Full reference: B. R. Erickson. 1975. Dakotornis cooperi, a new Paleocene bird from North Dakota. Scientific Publications of the Science Museum of Minnesota, New Series 3(1):1-7

Parent taxon: Dakotornithidae according to B. R. Erickson 1975

See also Carroll 1988 and Olson 1981

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Dakotornis cooperi

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wannagan Creek Quarry (Paleocene of North Dakota)

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