Limosa vanrossemi Miller 1925 (godwit)

Aves - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

Full reference: L. Miller. 1925. Avian remains from the Miocene of Lompoc, California. Carnegie Institution of Washington 349:107-117

Belongs to Limosa according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Lambrecht 1933, Miller 1925, Miller and DeMay 1942 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Limosa fedoa, Limosa lapponica, Limosa limosa

Type specimen: UCMP 26545, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Lompoc Quarry, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) diatomite in the Monterey Formation of California.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lompoc Quarry

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