Aves - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae

Alternative combination: Thiornis sociata

Full reference: R. P. Longinos Navás. 1922. Algunos Fósiles de Libros (Teruel). Boletín de la Sociedad Ibérica de Ciencias Naturales 21:52-61

Belongs to Podiceps according to J. Mlikovsky 2002

See also Brodkorb 1967, Lambrecht 1933 and Olson 1995

Sister taxa: Podiceps arndti, Podiceps auritus, Podiceps cristatus, Podiceps discors, Podiceps dixi, Podiceps grisegena, Podiceps miocenicus, Podiceps nigricollis, Podiceps parvus, Podiceps subparvus, Miobaptus walteri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Minas de azufre de Libros, which is in a MN 9/MN 10 lacustrine mudstone in Spain

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Minas de azufre de Libros

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