Eocrex primus Wetmore 1931 (rail)

Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1931. Two primitive rails from the Eocene of Colorado and Wyoming. Condor 33(3):107-109

Belongs to Eocrex according to S. L. Olson 1977

See also Brodkorb 1967, Lambrecht 1933, Wetmore 1931, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UNSM No. 12043, a limb element (distal end of right tibio-tarsus). Its type locality is Eocrex primus Type Locality, which is in a Wasatchian/Bridgerian lacustrine horizon in the Wasatch Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Eocrex primus Type Locality

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