Empeirodytes 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: Phocavis, Plotopterum, Stemec, Stenornis, Tonsalinae

Subtaxa: Empeirodytes okazakii

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Type: Empeirodytes okazakii

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Empeirodytes in the database

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