†Laputavis robusta Dyke 2001 (bird)
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Alternative combination: Laputa robusta
Full reference: G. J. Dyke. 2001. A primitive swift from the London Clay and the relationships of fossil apodiform birds. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(1):195-200
Belongs to Laputavis according to G. Mayr and A. C. Kitchener 2024
See also Dyke 2001 and Dyke 2001
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BMNH A6206, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Walton-on-the-Naze, general, 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, general
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