Full reference: H. G. Seeley. 1887. On a sacrum, apparently indicating a new type of bird, Ornithodesmus cluniculus, Seeley, from the Wealden of Brook. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 43:206-211
Belongs to Ornithodesmus according to D. Naish et al. 2001
See also Blows 1998, Brodkorb 1978, Chanthasit and Buffetaut 2009, Charig 1967, Howse and Milner 1993, Hutt et al. 1996, Makovicky and Sues 1998, Naish 1999, Naish and Martill 2007, Newton 1889, Norell and Makovicky 1997, Norell et al. 2000, Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003, Seeley 1887, Van Den Broeck 1900, Varricchio 1997 and Woodward and Sherborn 1890
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BMNH R187, a set of postcrania (synsacrum). Its type locality is Brook (Fox collection) [PROXY], which is in a Barremian terrestrial horizon in the Wessex Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution: found only at Brook (Fox collection) [PROXY]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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