 The fossils comprise fragments of a femur and a tarsometatarsus), and from some bones of the early Late Miocene Temblor and Barstow Formations of San Bernardino County, California (c. 11 mya; UCLA 2303 & 2364).The latter may represent a distinct species due to the considerable difference in space and time between the two localities, but all these bones at least were from birds of similar size, about as large as a big greater flamingo.The Californian population probably inhabited freshwater or saline lagoons or shallow lakes.