Oxyura hulberti Emslie 1992 (waterfowl)

Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Full reference: S. D. Emslie. 1992. Two new late Blancan avifaunas from Florida and the extinction of wetland birds in the Plio-Pleistocene. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series (36)249-269

Belongs to Oxyura according to S. D. Emslie 1992

Sister taxa: Oxyura australis, Oxyura bessomi, Oxyura ferruginea, Oxyura jamaicensis, Oxyura leucocephala, Oxyura maccoa, Oxyura vittata, Oxyura zapatanima

Type specimen: UF 95446, a limb element (left humerus). Its type locality is APAC Shell Pit, which is in a Blancan estuary/bay sandstone in the Tamiami Formation of Florida.

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at APAC Shell Pit

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