Prosobonia sauli De Pietri et al. 2020 (Polynesian sandpiper)

Aves - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

Full reference: V. L. De Pietri, T. H. Worthy, R. P. Scofield and G. M. Wragg. 2020. Taxonomic names, in A new extinct species of Polynesian sandpiper (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae: Prosobonia) from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group, and the phylogenetic relationships of Prosobonia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 192:1045-1070

Belongs to Prosobonia according to V. L. De Pietri et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHMUK S/2001.35.26, a limb element (left tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Henderson Island, site 6, which is in a Holocene cave horizon in Pitcairn.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Pitcairn (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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