Kustokazanser formosus Kurochkin 1968 (waterfowl)

Aves - Anseriformes

Alternative combination: Cygnavus formosus

Full reference: Y. Kurochkin. 1968. New Oligocene birds from Kazakhstan. Paleontologicheski Zhurnal 92(101)

Belongs to Kustokazanser according to N. Zelenkov 2024

See also Kurochkin 1968 and Mlíkovsky and Svec 1986

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN, no. 2432/36, a limb element ( distal fragment of a right tibiotarsus). Its type locality is Kiin Kerish (lower Aksyir svita), which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in Kazakhstan.

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at Kiin Kerish (lower Aksyir svita)

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