Aviraptor longicrus Mayr and Hurum 2020 (hawk)

Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Full reference: G. Mayr and J. H. Hurum. 2020. A tiny, long-legged raptor from the early Oligocene of Poland may be the earliest bird-eating diurnal bird of prey. The Science of Nature 107(48):1-6

Belongs to Aviraptor according to G. Mayr and J. H. Hurum 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PMO 234.584a+b, a partial skeleton (skeleton lackkng distal right wing and toes of both feet). Its type locality is Jamna Dolna 2, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial shale in the Menilite Formation of Poland.

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution: found only at Jamna Dolna 2

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