Anhinga subvolans Brodkorb 1956 (darter)

Aves - Suliformes - Anhingidae

Alternative combination: Phalacrocorax subvolans

Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1956. Two new birds from the Miocene of Florida. The Condor 58(5):367-370

Belongs to Anhinga according to J. J. Becker 1986

See also Brodkorb 1956

Sister taxa: Anhinga anhinga, Anhinga beckeri, Anhinga grandis, Anhinga hesterna, Anhinga malagurala, Anhinga melanogaster, Anhinga novaehollandiae, Anhinga pannonica, Anhinga rufa, Anhinga walterbolesi

Type specimen: University of Florida no. 4500, a limb element (proximal half of right humerus). Its type locality is Thomas Farm, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Alachua Formation of Florida.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Thomas Farm

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