†Titanis walleri Brodkorb 1963 (terror bird)
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Aves - Gruiformes - Phorusrhacidae
Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1963. A giant flightless bird from the Pleistocene of Florida. The Auk 80(2):111-115
Belongs to Titanis according to S. Bertelli et al. 2007
See also Alvarenga and Holfing 2003, Brodkorb 1963, Emslie 1998 and Gould and Quitmyer 2005
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UF 4109, a set of limb elements. Its type locality is Santa Fe River 1 [Blancan], which is in a Gelasian terrestrial horizon in Florida.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: Florida collections)
• Pliocene of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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