Erolia penepusilla Brodkorb 1955 (snipe)

Aves - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1955. The avifauna of the Bone Valley Formation. Florida Geological Survey Report of Investigations 14:1-57

Belongs to Erolia according to P. Brodkorb 1955

See also Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Calidris alba, Calidris alpina, Calidris binagadensis, Calidris canutus, Calidris falcinellus, Calidris ferruginea, Calidris fuscicollis, Calidris himantopus, Calidris mauri, Calidris melanotos, Calidris minuta, Calidris minutilla, Calidris pacis, Calidris pugnax, Calidris pusilla, Calidris temminckii, Micropalama chapmani, Micropalama hesterna, Ereunetes rayi

Type specimen: Brodkorb 611, a limb element (left humerus). Its type locality is American Agricultural Chemical Company, Brodkorb Locality 2, which is in a Tortonian coastal sandstone in the Peace River Formation of Florida.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at American Agricultural Chemical Company, Brodkorb Locality 2

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