†Rhynchaeites litoralis Mayr and Kitchener 2023 (ibis)
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Aves - Pelecaniformes - Threskiornithidae
Full reference: G. Mayr and A. C. Kitchener. 2023. Multiple skeletons of Rhynchaeites from the London Clay reveal the osteology of early Eocene ibises (Aves, Threskiornithidae). PalZ 97:425-442
Belongs to Rhynchaeites according to G. Mayr and A. C. Kitchener 2023
Sister taxon: Rhynchaeites messelensis
Type specimen: NMS.Z.2021.40.28, 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: volant carnivore
Distribution: found only at Walton-on-the-Naze Division A2 (NMS)
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