Promilio epileus Wetmore 1958 (raptor)

Aves - Falconiformes - Falconoidae

Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1958. Miscellaneous notes on fossil birds. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 135(8):1-11

Belongs to Promilio according to A. Wetmore 1958

Sister taxa: Promilio brodkorbi, Promilio floridanus

Type specimen: MCZ 2716, a limb element (right femur). Its type locality is Thomas Farm, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Alachua Formation of Florida.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Thomas Farm

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