†Paractiornis Wetmore 1930 (shorebird)
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Aves - Charadriiformes - Glareolidae
Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1930. Two fossil birds from the Miocene of Nebraska. Condor 32(3):152-154
Parent taxon: Glareolidae according to S. L. Olson and D. W. Steadman 1979
See also Carroll 1988, Lambrecht 1933, Wetmore 1930, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Becassius, Boutersemia, Cursoriinae, Cursorius, Glareola, Glareolinae, Mioglareola, Precursor, Stiltia
Subtaxa: Paractiornis perpusillus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Agate Springs Quarries ( of Nebraska)
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