†Badistornis aramus Wetmore 1940 (limpkin)
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Aves - Gruiformes - Aramidae
Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1940. Fossil Bird Remains from Tertiary Deposits in the United States. Journal of Morphology 66(1):25-37
Belongs to Badistornis according to A. Wetmore 1956
See also Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1940
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Scenic, southwest, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of South Dakota
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Scenic, southwest
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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