Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1961. Birds from the Pliocene of Juntera, Oregon. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 24(3):169-184
Belongs to Fulica according to S. L. Olson 1977
See also Brodkorb 1961 and Brodkorb 1967
Sister taxa: Fulica alai, Fulica americana, Fulica ardesiaca, Fulica armillata, Fulica atra, Fulica chathamensis, Fulica cornuta, Fulica cristata, Fulica gigantea, Fulica leucoptera, Fulica newtonii, Fulica picapicensis, Fulica podagrica, Fulica prisca, Fulica rufifrons, Fulica stekelesi
Type specimen: UOMNH F-5758, a limb element (distal end of left tibiotarsus). Its type locality is Black Butte (UO 2341), which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Juntura Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Black Butte (UO 2341)
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