Heterochen pratensis Short 1970 (waterfowl)

Aves - Anseriformes

Full reference: L. L. Short. 1970. A new anseriform genus and species from the Nebraska Pliocene. The Auk 87(3):537-543

Belongs to Heterochen according to L. L. Short 1970

Sister taxon: Heterochen vicinus

Type specimen: UNSM 5781, a limb element (tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Devil's Gulch Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Valentine Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at Devil's Gulch Quarry

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