Aves - Charadriiformes - Charadriidae

Full reference: V. L. De Pietri, R. P. Scofield, G. J. Prideaux and T. H. Worthy. 2018. A new species of lapwing (Charadriidae: Vanellus) from the late Pliocene of central Australia. Emu - Austral Ornithology 118(4):334-343

Belongs to Vanellus according to V. L. De Pietri et al. 2018

See also Worthy and Nguyen 2020

Sister taxa: Vanellus madagascariensis, Vanellus selysi, Vanellus vanellus

Type specimen: SAMA P54992, a limb element ( right coracoid, near complete, missing processus procoracoideus and processus lateralis). Its type locality is Lake Kanunka, which is in a Zanclean channel horizon in the Tirari Formation of Australia.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lake Kanunka

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.