Jacana farrandi Olson 1976 (shorebird)

Aves - Charadriiformes - Jacanidae

Full reference: S. L. Olson. 1976. A jacana from the Pliocene of Florida (Aves: Jacanidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 89(19):259-264

Belongs to Jacana according to S. L. Olson 1976

Sister taxa: Jacana jacana, Jacana spinosa

Type specimen: UF 21219, a limb element (tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is McGehee Farm, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Alachua Formation of Florida.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at McGehee Farm

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