Aves - Anseriformes - Presbyornithidae
Synonym: Coltonia Hardy 1959
Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1926. Fossil birds formt he Green River deposits of eastern Utah. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 16(3-4):391-402
Parent taxon: Presbyornithidae according to C. P. Tambussi et al. 2019
See also Carroll 1988, Ericson 2000, Hardy 1959, Hay 1930, Kurochkin et al. 2002, Kurochkin and Dyke 2010, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey 1997, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Wetmore 1960
Sister taxa: Bumbalavis, Headonornis, Murgonornis, Telmabates, Teviornis, Wilaru, Zhylgaia
Subtaxa: Presbyornis isoni Presbyornis mongoliensis Presbyornis pervetus Presbyornis recurvirostrus
Type: Presbyornis pervetus
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), Mongolia (1), United States (4: Utah, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Mongolia (1), United States (2: Maryland, North Dakota)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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