Aves - Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1881. On a wading bird from the Amyzon Shales. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey 6(1):83-85
Belongs to Charadrius according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Cope 1881, Hay 1902, Lambrecht 1933, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Charadrius alexandrinus, Charadrius bicinctus, Charadrius collaris, Charadrius leschenaultii, Charadrius mongolus, Charadrius montanus, Charadrius morinellus, Charadrius nivosus, Charadrius obscurus, Charadrius sanctaehelenae, Charadrius semipalmatus, Charadrius vociferus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Charadrius sheppardianus in the database
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