Oreopholus orcesi Campbell 1976 (lapwing)

Aves - Charadriiformes - Charadriidae

Full reference: K. E. Campbell. 1976. The late Pleistocene avifauna of La Carolina, southwestern Ecuador. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27:155-168

Belongs to Oreopholus according to K. E. Campbell 1976

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is La Carolina, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Ecuador

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at La Carolina

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.