†Propelargus olseni Brodkorb 1963 (stork)
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Aves - Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae
Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1963. Miocene birds from the Hawthorne Formation. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 26(2):159-167
Belongs to Propelargus according to P. Brodkorb 1963
Sister taxa: Propelargus cayluxensis, Propelargus elatus, Propelargus insolitus
Type specimen: UF/PB 8504, a limb element (distal end of left tibiotarsus). Its type locality is Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company, which is in a Hemingfordian estuary/bay sandstone in the Torreya Formation of Florida.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company
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