Paractitis Weigel 1963 (snipe)

Aves - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

Parent taxon: Scolopacidae according to R. L. Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Actitis, Arenaria, Bartramia, Calidriinae, Calidrinae, Calidris, Coenocorypha, Elorius, Eroliinae, Gallinago, Heteroscelus, Limnodromus, Limosa, Limosinae, Lymnocryptes, Numeniinae, Numenius, Nuntius, Palaeotringinae, Parvelorius, Phalaropus, Philohela, Prosobonia, Scolopacinae, Scolopax, Totanus, Tringa, Tringinae, Tryngites, Villetus, Xenus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Calf Creek bird locality (Eocene of Saskatchewan)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.