†Boreortalis laesslei Brodkorb 1954 (chachalaca)
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Reptilia - Galliformes - Cracidae
Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1954. A chachalaca from the Miocene of Florida. The Wilson Bulletin 66(3):180-183
Belongs to Boreortalis according to P. Brodkorb 1954
See also Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UF/PB 743, a limb element (right distal tibiotarsus). Its type locality is Thomas Farm, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Alachua Formation of Florida.
Ecology: volant frugivore
Distribution: found only at Thomas Farm
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