Cousteauvia kustovia Zelenkov 2020 (waterfowl)

Aves - Anseriformes

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Full reference: N. Zelenkov. 2020. The oldest diving anseriform bird from the late Eocene of Kazakhstan and the evolution of aquatic adaptations in the intertarsal joint of waterfowl. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65(4):733-742

Belongs to Cousteauvia according to N. Zelenkov 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 2612/4, a set of postcrania (proximal half of left tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Kusto-Kyzylkain, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial horizon in the Kusto Formation of Kazakhstan.

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at Kusto-Kyzylkain

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