Burhinus lucorum Bickart 1981 (thick-knee)

Aves - Charadriiformes - Burhinidae

Full reference: K. J. Bickart. 1981. A new thick-knee, Burhinus, from the Miocene of Nebraska, with comments on the habitat requirements of the Burhinidae (Aves: Charadriiformes). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1(3/4):273-277

Belongs to Burhinus according to K. J. Bickart 1981

Sister taxa: Burhinus bistriatus, Burhinus capensis, Burhinus grallarius, Burhinus indicus, Burhinus nanus, Burhinus oedicnemus, Burhinus senegalensis, Burhinus superciliaris, Burhinus vermiculatus

Type specimen: F:AM 10215, a limb element (right humerus). Its type locality is Thomson Quarry, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Sheep Creek Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Thomson Quarry

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