Cygnopterus alphonsi Cheneval 1984 (waterfowl)

Aves - Anseriformes - Paranyrocidae

Full reference: J. Cheneval. 1984. Les oiseaux aquatiques (Gaviiformes a Anseriformes) du Gisement Aquitanien de Saint-Gérand-le-Puy (Allier, France): Révision Systématique. Palaeovertebrata 14(2):33-115

Belongs to Cygnopterus according to J. Cheneval 1984

Sister taxa: Cygnopterus affinis, Cygnopterus lambrechti

Type specimen: Its type locality is St-Gérand-le-Puy, which is in an Aquitanian fluvial-lacustrine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in France

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at St-Gérand-le-Puy

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