†Limosa vanrossemi Miller 1925 (godwit)
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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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