Boreortalis laesslei Brodkorb 1954 (chachalaca)

Aves - 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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