Chaunoides antiquus Alvarenga 1999 (waterfowl)

Aves - Anseriformes - Anhimidae

Full reference: H. M. F. Alvarenga. 1999. A fossil screamer (Anseriformes: Anhimidae) from the middle Tertiary of southeastern Brazil. Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century: Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Washington, D.C, 4-7 June 1996. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 89:223-230

Belongs to Chaunoides according to H. M. F. Alvarenga 1999

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNRJ 4619-V, a set of postcrania (left coracoid). Its type locality is Santa Fé Farm, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine claystone in the Tremembé Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at Santa Fé Farm

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