Laputavis robusta Dyke 2001 (bird)

Aves - Coraciiformes

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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