†Villetus grandis Harrison and Walker 1976 (snipe)
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Aves - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Full reference: C. J. O. Harrison and C. A. Walker. 1976. Birds of the British Upper Eocene. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 59:323-351
Belongs to Villetus according to C. J. O. Harrison and C. A. Walker 1976
Sister taxon: Villetus waltoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Highcliffe, which is in a Bartonian/Priabonian marine marl in the Barton Beds Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Highcliffe
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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