†Clymenoptilon novaezealandicum Mayr et al. 2023 (bird)
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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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