†Heterochen pratensis Short 1970 (waterfowl)
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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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