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Butorides validipes
Taxonomy
Butorides validipes was named by Campbell (1976). Its type specimen is UF 17546, a limb element (tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Haile XVA, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in Florida.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1976 | Butorides validipes Campbell p. 345 fig. 1 |
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†Butorides validipes Campbell 1976
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| K. E. Campbell 1976 | Tarsometatarsus differs from that of Butorides virescens, B. striatus, and B. sundevalli by having (1) intercotylar prominence more rounded proximally, more robust, and less clearly demarcated posteriorly; (2) anterior lip of internal cotyla deeply undercut in
medial view (prominent ridge extending distad present in B. virescens, B. striatus, and B. sundevalli); (3) inner calcaneal ridge of hypotarsus very short and curved (long to moderate length in B. virescens and B. striatus, long in the one B. sundevalli available; slightly curved in all) ; (4) ridge leading distad from inner calcaneal ridge of hypotarsus long and slightly curved in medial view (short and sharply curved in B. virescens, B. striatus, and B. sundevalli); (5) proximal foramina and tubercle for tibialus anticus located slightly more proximad; (6) shaft very broad for entire length (narrows sharply immediately distal to cotylae in B. virescens and B. striatus; narrows similarly in B. sundevalli, but shaft broader than in previous two species); (7) edge of shaft straight internal to tubercle for tibialus anticus (locally curved in B. virescens and B. striatus; curvature present and less localized in B. sundevalli); (8) curvature of shaft in anterior view less pronounced; (9) intertrochlear grooves similar to those of B. virescens and B. striatus (larger in B. sundevalli); (10) trochlear surfaces wide (narrower in B. virescens and B. striatus; wide in B. sundevalli); (11) external trochlea extend farther distad; (12) depression in lateral surface of external trochlea deep and restricted (shallow in B. virescens and B. striatus, of moderate depth in B. sundevalli; restricted in all). The internal trochea of the holotype tarsometatarsus of B. validipes has the distal end missing. |
Measurements
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| References: Thiollay 1994, Marsh 1875 | |||||