Anhinga walterbolesi Worthy 2012 (darter)

Aves - Suliformes - Anhingidae

Full reference: T. H. Worthy. 2012. A new species of Oligo-Miocene darter (Aves: Anhingidae) from Australia. The Auk 129(1):96-204

Belongs to Anhinga according to T. H. Worthy and J. M. T. Nguyen 2020

See also Worthy 2012

Sister taxa: Anhinga anhinga, Anhinga beckeri, Anhinga grandis, Anhinga hesterna, Anhinga malagurala, Anhinga melanogaster, Anhinga novaehollandiae, Anhinga pannonica, Anhinga rufa, Anhinga subvolans

Type specimen: Its type locality is Snake Dam, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Etadunna Formation of Australia

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Snake Dam

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