†Empeirodytes Ohashi and Hasegawa 2020 (bird)
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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: Phocavis, Plotopterum, Stemec, Stenornis, Tonsalinae
Subtaxa: Empeirodytes okazakii
Type: Empeirodytes okazakii
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Empeirodytes in the database
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