†Sororavis solitarius Mayr and Kitchener 2023 (bird)
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Aves - Australaves - Morsoravidae
Full reference: G. Mayr and A.C. Kitchener. 2023. A new fossil from the London Clay documents the convergent origin of a “mousebird-like” tarsometatarsus in an early Eocene near-passerine bird. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 68(1):1-11
Belongs to Sororavis according to G. Mayr and A.C. Kitchener 2023
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NMS.Z.2021.40.75, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Walton-on-the-Naze Division A2 (NMS), which is in a Ypresian marine horizon in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Walton-on-the-Naze Division A2 (NMS)
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