Empeirodytes okazakii 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 Empeirodytes according to T. Ohashi and Y. Hasegawa 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KMNH VP 600011, a limb element (Left coracoid)

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Empeirodytes okazakii in the database

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