†Protocitta ajax Brodkorb 1972 (jay)
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Aves - Passeriformes - Corvidae
Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1972. Neogene fossil jays from the Great Plains. The Condor 74(3):347-349
Belongs to Protocitta according to P. Brodkorb 1972
Sister taxon: Protocitta dixi
Type specimen: Univ. Calif. Mus. Paleo. No. 43386, a limb element (left tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Palo Duro Falls, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in Texas.
Ecology: volant omnivore
Distribution: found only at Palo Duro Falls
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