Aves - Charadriiformes - Graculavidae

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1870. Notice of some fossil birds, from the Cretaceous and Tertiary formations of the United States. American Journal of Science and Arts, series 2 49(145):205-217

Parent taxon: Graculavidae according to S. L. Olson and D. C. Parris 1987

See also Brodkorb 1978, Carroll 1988, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Marsh 1870, Sepkoski 2002 and Zittel 1890

Sister taxon: Palaeotringa

Subtaxa: Laornis edvardsianus

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Type: Laornis edvardsianus

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pemberton Marl Company pit (Hornerstown) (Cretaceous of New Jersey)

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