Querquedula floridiana Shufeldt 1917 (duck)

Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Alternative combination: Querquedula floridana

Full reference: R. W. Shufeldt. 1917. Fossil birds found at Vero, Florida. Florida State Geological Survey Annual Report 9:35-42

Belongs to Querquedula according to A. Wetmore 1931

See also Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Shufeldt 1917 and Wetmore 1940

Sister taxa: Querquedula integra, Querquedula pullulans, Archeoquerquedula lambrechti

Type specimen: Its type locality is Vero, which is in a Pleistocene channel sandstone/sandstone in Florida

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (3: Florida collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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