Thinocorus koepckae Campbell 1979 (seedsnipe)

Aves - Charadriiformes - Thinocoridae

Full reference: K. E. Campbell. 1979. The non-passerine Pleistocene avifauna of the Talara Tar Seeps, northwestern Peru. Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contribution 118:1-203

Belongs to Thinocorus according to K. E. Campbell 1979

Sister taxon: Thinocorus rumicivorus

Type specimen: ROM 12893, a limb element (left humerus). Its type locality is Talara Tar Seeps, which is in a Pleistocene tar horizon in Peru.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Talara Tar Seeps

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