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Chendytes lawi (Law's diving-goose)
Taxonomy
Chendytes lawi was named by Miller (1925). Its type specimen is UCMP 27001, a set of limb elements (tibio-tarsus and tarso-metatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Santa Monica, north, which is in a Pleistocene coastal sandstone in the San Pedro Formation of California.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1925 | Chendytes lawi Miller |
| 1933 | Chendytes lawi Lambrecht p. 372 |
| 1936 | Chendytes lawi Howard p. 212 |
| 1940 | Chendytes lawi Wetmore p. 28 |
| 1942 | Chendytes lawi Miller and DeMay p. 89 |
| 1956 | Chendytes lawi Wetmore p. 33 |
| 1964 | Chendytes lawi Brodkorb p. 331 |
| 1972 | Chendytes lawi Howard p. 11 |
| 1976 | Chendytes lawi Morejohn p. 207 fig. 1 |
| 1992 | Chendytes lawi Guthrie p. 322 |
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†Chendytes lawi Miller 1925 [Law's diving-goose]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available