… this time of Eoalulavis hoyasi Sanz, Chiappe, Perez-Moreno, Buscalioni, Moratalla, Ortega & Poyato-Ariza.

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This probably somewhat semiaquatic bird was described in 1996 from Las Hoyas near the city of Cuenca, Spain.  

The decomposing plant in the background is a cycad, Almargemia dentata (Heer) Florin, from roughly about the same place and time.

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edited: 13.07.2017