†Aramornis longurio Wetmore 1926 (limpkin)
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Aves - Gruiformes - Aramidae
Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1926. Descriptions of additional fossil birds from the Miocene of Nebraska. American Museum Novitates 211:1-5
Belongs to Aramornis according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Lambrecht 1933, Wetmore 1926, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. No. 6292, a limb element (distal end of left tarso-metatarsus). Its type locality is Thomson Quarry, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Sheep Creek Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Thomson Quarry
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