Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1965. Fossil birds from Barbados, West Indies. The Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society 31(1):3-10
Belongs to Fulica according to S. L. Olson 1977
See also Brodkorb 1965 and Brodkorb 1967
Sister taxa: Fulica alai, Fulica americana, Fulica ardesiaca, Fulica armillata, Fulica atra, Fulica chathamensis, Fulica cornuta, Fulica cristata, Fulica gigantea, Fulica infelix, Fulica leucoptera, Fulica newtonii, Fulica picapicensis, Fulica prisca, Fulica rufifrons, Fulica stekelesi
Type specimen: UF 7458, a limb element (left humerus). Its type locality is Spring Bay, which is in the Pleistocene/Holocene of horizon Barbados.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Spring Bay
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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