Songzia acutunguis Wang and Mayr 2012 (bird)

Aves - Ralliformes - Ralloidae

Full reference: M. Wang and G. Mayr. 2012. Two new skeletons of the enigmatic, rail-like avian taxon Songzia Hou, 1990 (Songziidae) from the early Eocene of China. Alcheringa 36(4):487-499

Belongs to Songzia according to M. Wang and G. Mayr 2012

Sister taxon: Songzia heidangkouensis

Type specimen: IVPP 18188, a skeleton (an articulated skeleton of an adult individual on one slab). Its type locality is Songzi, which is in an Eocene lacustrine horizon in the Yangxi Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Songzi

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