Brodavis baileyi Martin et al. 2012 (avialan)

Reptilia - Hesperornithiformes - Brodavidae

Full reference: L. D. Martin, E. N. Kurochkin, and T. T. Tokaryk. 2012. A new evolutionary lineage of diving birds from the Late Cretaceous of North America and Asia. Palaeoworld 21:59-63

Belongs to Brodavis according to A. Bell and L. M. Chiappe 2016

See also Martin et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Brodavis americanus, Brodavis mongoliensis, Brodavis varneri

Type specimen: UNSM 50665, a limb element (left tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Buffalo, southwest, which is in a Maastrichtian coastal horizon in the Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Buffalo, southwest

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