Antarcticavis capelambensis Cordes-Person et al. 2020 (avialan)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: A. Cordes-Person, C. Acosta Hospitaleche, J. Case and J. Martin. 2020. An enigmatic bird from the lower Maastrichtian of Vega Island, Antarctica. Cretaceous Research 108:104314:1-10

Belongs to Antarcticavis according to A. Cordes-Person et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SDSM 78147, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is SDSM Locality V9945 (Al's Bird Site), which is in a Maastrichtian marine mudstone in the Snow Hill Island Formation of Antarctica.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at SDSM Locality V9945 (Al's Bird Site)

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