†Charadriisimilis essexensis Mayr and Kitchener 2023 (shorebird)
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Full reference: G. Mayr and A. C. Kitchener. 2023. Early Eocene fossils elucidate the evolutionary history of the Charadriiformes (shorebirds and allies). Journal of Paleontology 97(4):941-955
Belongs to Charadriisimilis according to G. Mayr and A. C. Kitchener 2023
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NMS.Z.2021.40.93 , a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Walton-on-the-Naze, general, which is in a Ypresian marine horizon in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Walton-on-the-Naze, general
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