†Limicolavis pluvianella 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
Belongs to Limicolavis according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Lambrecht 1933, Shufeldt 1915, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: YPM 957, a limb element (right tibiotarsus). Its type locality is Lower Willow Creek, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in Oregon.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lower Willow Creek
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