Stenornis kanmonensis 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

Belongs to Stenornis according to T. Ohashi and Y. Hasegawa 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KMNH VP 200003, a limb element (left coracoid). Its type locality is Hikoshima, Jinnobaru Formation, which is in a Rupelian coastal sandstone in the Jinnobaru Formation of Japan.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hikoshima, Jinnobaru Formation

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