†Limicolavis Shufeldt 1915 (snipe)
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Aves - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Full reference: R. W. Shufeldt. 1915. Fossil birds in the Marsh Collection of Yale University. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 19:1-110
Parent taxon: Tringinae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Lambrecht 1933, Shufeldt 1915, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Palnumenius, Pelidna
Subtaxa: Limicolavis pluvianella
Type: Limicolavis pluvianella
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lower Willow Creek (Oligocene of Oregon)
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