†Waltonavis Mayr and Kitchener 2023 (bird)
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Full reference: G. Mayr and A.C. Kitchener. 2023. New species from the early Eocene London Clay suggest an undetected early Eocene diversity of the Leptosomiformes, an avian clade that includes a living fossil from Madagascar. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 103:585-608
Parent taxon: Leptosomiformes according to G. Mayr and A.C. Kitchener 2023
Sister taxa: Leptosomidae, Plesiocathartes
Subtaxa: Waltonavis danielsi Waltonavis paraleptosomus
Type: Waltonavis paraleptosomus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Walton-on-the-Naze, Ypresian (Eocene of the United Kingdom)
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