Aves - Charadriiformes - Graculavidae
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1872. Preliminary description of Hesperornis regalis, with notices of four other new species of Cretaceous birds. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 3(13-18):360-365
Belongs to Palaeotringa according to S. L. Olson and D. C. Parris 1987
See also Cracraft 1972, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Marsh 1872, Marsh 1880, Shufeldt 1915, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxon: Palaeotringa littoralis
Type specimen: YPM 835, a limb element (tibiotarsus). Its type locality is Hornerstown area (Hornerstown Fm.) (PROXY), which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine marl in the Hornerstown Formation of New Jersey.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Hornerstown area (Hornerstown Fm.) (PROXY)
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