†Telmabates antiquus Howard 1955 (waterfowl)
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Aves - Anseriformes - Presbyornithidae
Full reference: H. Howard. 1955. A new wading bird from the Eocene of Patagonia. American Museum Novitates 1710:1-25
Belongs to Telmabates according to A. Wetmore 1960
See also Howard 1955, Tambussi et al. 2023 and Varricchio 2002
Sister taxon: Telmabates howardae
Type specimen: A.M.N.H. No. 3170, a partial skeleton (associated elements of most of the postcranial skeleton). Its type locality is Cañadon Hondo, Bird Clay locality, which is in a Casamayoran lacustrine claystone/tuff in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution: found only at Cañadon Hondo, Bird Clay locality
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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