Paracrax antiqua Shufeldt 1915 (bird)

Aves - Gruiformes - Bathornithidae

Alternative combinations: Meleagris antiqua, Meleagris antiquus

Full reference: R. W. Shufeldt. 1915. Fossil birds in the Marsh Collection of Yale University. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 19:1-110

Belongs to Paracrax according to J. Cracraft 1968

Sister taxa: Paracrax gigantea, Paracrax wetmorei

Type specimen: YPM 943, a limb element (carpometacarpus). Its type locality is Gerry's Ranch, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in Colorado.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Paracrax antiqua in the database

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