Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Alternative combination: Histrionicus shotwelli
Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1961. Birds from the Pliocene of Juntera, Oregon. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 24(3):169-184
Belongs to Ocyplonessa according to P. Brodkorb 1961
See also Brodkorb 1964, Olson and Rasmussen 2001 and Zelenkov 2012
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UOMNH F-10485 & F-11291, a limb element (distal end of left tibiotarsus). Its type locality is Black Butte (UO 2337), which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Juntura Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Oregon collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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