†Gargantuavis Buffetaut and Le Loeuff 1998 (bird)
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Aves - Ornithurae - Gargantuaviidae
Full reference: E. Buffetaut and J. Le Loeuff. 1998. A new giant ground bird from the Upper Cretaceous of southern France. Journal of the Geological Society, London 155:1-4
Parent taxon: Gargantuaviidae according to E. Buffetaut and D. Angst 2019
See also Buffetaut and Angst 2013, Buffetaut and Le Loeuff 1998 and Padian 2004
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Gargantuavis philoinos
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (3 collections), Spain (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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