Aves - Suliformes - Plotopteridae
Alternative combination: Tonsala buchanani
Full reference: G. J. Dyke, X. Wong, and M. B. Habib. 2011. Fossil Plotopterid Seabirds from the Eo-Oligocene of the Olympic Peninsula (Washington State, USA): Descriptions and Functional Morphology. PLoS One 6(10)
Belongs to Klallamornis according to G. Mayr and J. L. Goedert 2022
See also Dyke et al. 2011 and Kaiser et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Klallamornis abyssa, Klallamornis clarki
Type specimen: UWBM 86875. Its type locality is Murdock Creek, which is in a Rupelian deep-water siltstone in the Pysht Formation of Washington.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (4: Washington collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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