Palaeotringa littoralis Marsh 1870 (shorebird)

Aves - Charadriiformes - Graculavidae

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1870. Notice of some fossil birds, from the Cretaceous and Tertiary formations of the United States. American Journal of Science and Arts, series 2 49(145):205-217

Belongs to Palaeotringa according to S. L. Olson and D. C. Parris 1987

See also Cracraft 1972, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Marsh 1870, Marsh 1880, Shufeldt 1915, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxon: Palaeotringa vagans

Type specimen: YPM 830, a limb element (distal left tibiotarsus with the internal condyle lacking). Its type locality is Waln marl pit, Hornerstown, which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine marl in the Hornerstown Formation of New Jersey.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)

• Cretaceous of United States (1: New Jersey)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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