Aves - Suliformes - Anhingidae

Alternative combination: Liptornis hesternus

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1894. Sur les oiseaux fossiles de Patagonie; et la faune mammalogique des couches à Pyrotherium. Boletin del Instituto Geographico Argentino 15:501-660

Belongs to Anhinga according to C. P. Tambussi et al. 2023

See also Ameghino 1894 and Lambrecht 1933

Sister taxa: Anhinga anhinga, Anhinga beckeri, Anhinga grandis, Anhinga malagurala, Anhinga melanogaster, Anhinga novaehollandiae, Anhinga pannonica, Anhinga rufa, Anhinga subvolans, Anhinga walterbolesi

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Santa Cruz Formation (Miocene of Argentina)

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