Proictinia effera Wetmore 1923 (raptor)

Aves - Falconiformes - Falconoidae

Alternative combination: Promilio efferus

Belongs to Proictinia according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Brodkorb 1956, Lambrecht 1933, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Wetmore 1958

Sister taxon: Proictinia gilmorei

Type specimen: AMNH 6299, a limb element (complete right tarsometatarsus with associated phalanges). Its type locality is Agate Springs Quarries, which is in a Harrisonian channel sandstone in the Marsland Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Agate Springs Quarries

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