Aves - Phoenicopteriformes - Palaelodidae
Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1963. Miocene birds from the Hawthorne Formation. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 26(2):159-167
Belongs to Probalearica according to P. Brodkorb 1963
Sister taxa: Palaelodus ambiguus, Palaelodus aotearoa, Palaelodus crassipes, Palaelodus goliath, Palaelodus gracilipes, Palaelodus pledgei, Palaelodus steinheimensis, Palaelodus wilsoni
Type specimen: UF/PB 8503, a limb element (right distal tibiotarsus). Its type locality is Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company, which is in a Hemingfordian estuary/bay sandstone in the Torreya Formation of Florida.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company
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