Stenornis Ohashi and Hasegawa 2020 (bird)

Aves - Suliformes - Plotopteridae

Full reference: T. Ohashi and Y. Hasegawa. 2020. New Species of Plotopteridae (Aves) from the Oligocene Ashiya Group of Northern Kyushu, Japan. Paleontological Research 24(4):285-297

Parent taxon: Plotopteridae according to T. Ohashi and Y. Hasegawa 2020

Sister taxa: Empeirodytes, Phocavis, Plotopterum, Stemec, Tonsalinae

Subtaxa: Stenornis kanmonensis

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Type: Stenornis kanmonensis

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hikoshima, Jinnobaru Formation (Oligocene of Japan)

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