Clymenoptilon novaezealandicum Mayr et al. 2023 (bird)

Aves - Phaethontiformes

Full reference: G. Mayr, V. L. De Pietri, L. Love, A. Mannering, E. Crouch, C. Reid, and R. P. Scofield. 2023. Partial skeleton from the Paleocene of New Zealand illuminates the early evolutionary history of the Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds). Alcheringa

Belongs to Clymenoptilon according to G. Mayr et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UC 22048, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Site 2, Waipara River, which is in a Selandian/Thanetian marine sandstone in the Waipara Greensand Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Site 2, Waipara River

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