Aves - Suliformes - Anhingidae
Full reference: B. Mackness. 1995. Anhinga malagurala, a new pygmy darter from the Early Pliocene Bluff Downs Local Fauna, North-eastern Queensland. Emu 95:265-271
Belongs to Anhinga according to T. H. Worthy and J. M. T. Nguyen 2020
See also Mackness 1995
Sister taxa: Anhinga anhinga, Anhinga beckeri, Anhinga grandis, Anhinga hesterna, Anhinga melanogaster, Anhinga novaehollandiae, Anhinga pannonica, Anhinga rufa, Anhinga subvolans, Anhinga walterbolesi
Type specimen: QM F23653, a limb element (carpometacarpus). Its type locality is Bluff Downs station, Main Quarry, which is in a Zanclean fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the Allingham Formation of Australia.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Bluff Downs station, Main Quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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