†Paractiornis perpusillus Wetmore 1930 (shorebird)
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Aves - Charadriiformes - Glareolidae
Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1930. Two fossil birds from the Miocene of Nebraska. Condor 32(3):152-154
Belongs to Paractiornis according to G. Mayr and R. Smith 2001
See also Lambrecht 1933, Olson and Steadman 1979, Wetmore 1930, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MCZ 2191, a limb element (left tarso-metatarsus). 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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