Gastornis laurenti Mourer-Chauviré and Bourdon 2020 (bird)

Aves - Gastornithiformes - Gastornithidae

Full reference: C. Mourer-Chauviré and E. Bourdon. 2020. Description of a new species of Gastornis (Aves, Gastornithiformes) from the early Eocene of La Borie, southwestern France. Geobios 63:39-46

Belongs to Gastornis according to C. Mourer-Chauviré and E. Bourdon 2020

Sister taxa: Gastornis edwardsi, Gastornis giganteus, Gastornis minor, Gastornis parisiensis, Gastornis russelli

Type specimen: MHNT.PAL.2018.20.1, a mandible

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at La Borie (Eocene of France)

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