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
Belongs to Gargantuavis according to A. Osi and E. Buffetaut 2011
See also Buffetaut and Le Loeuff 1998 and Padian 2004
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MDE C3-525, a set of postcrania (synsacrum with parts of the pelvis). Its type locality is Bellevue, locality C3 (C III), which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial marl/conglomerate in the Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation of France.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (3 collections), Spain (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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