Palaeostruthus eurius Brodkorb 1963 (sparrow)

Aves - Passeriformes - Fringillidae

Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1963. Fossil birds from the Alachua Clay of Florida. Florida Geological Survey Special Publication 2(4):1-17

Belongs to Palaeostruthus according to P. Brodkorb 1963

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UF/PB 8502, a limb element (distal end of left tibiotarsus). Its type locality is Haile 6A, which is in a Clarendonian/Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Florida.

Ecology: volant granivore

Distribution: found only at Haile 6A

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