†Nycticorax fidens Brodkorb 1963 (night heron)
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Aves - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1963. Fossil birds from the Alachua Clay of Florida. Florida Geological Survey Special Publication 2(4):1-17
Belongs to Nycticorax according to J. J. Becker 1985
See also Brodkorb 1963
Sister taxa: Nycticorax caledonicus, Nycticorax duboisi, Nycticorax kalavikai, Nycticorax mauritianus, Nycticorax megacephalus, Nycticorax nycticorax, Nycticorax olsoni
Type specimen: UF 3285, a limb element (complete left femur). Its type locality is McGehee Farm, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Alachua Formation of Florida.
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution: found only at McGehee Farm
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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