†Tonsala Olson 1980 (bird)
Reptilia - Ornithurae - Plotopteridae
PaleoDB taxon number: 39684
Full reference: S. L. Olson. 1980. A new genus of penguin-like pelecaniform bird from the Oligocene of Washington (Pelecaniformes: Plotopteridae). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science 330:51-57
Parent taxon: Tonsalinae according to G. Mayr and J. L. Goedert 2018
Sister taxa: Copepteryx, Hokkaidornis, Klallamornis, Olympidytes
Subtaxa: Tonsala buchanani, Tonsala hildegardae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore