†Butorides validipes Campbell 1976 (heron)
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Aves - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Full reference: K. E. Campbell. 1976. An early Pleistocene avifauna from Haile XVA, Florida. The Wilson Bulletin 88(2):345-347
Belongs to Butorides according to K. E. Campbell 1976
Sister taxa: Butorides striata, Butorides virescens
Type specimen: UF 17546, a limb element (tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Haile XVA, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in Florida.
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution: found only at Haile XVA
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