Aves - Gaviiformes - Gaviidae
Synonym: Gavia palaeodytes Wetmore 1943
Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1940. Fossil Bird Remains from Tertiary Deposits in the United States. Journal of Morphology 66(1):25-37
Belongs to Gavia according to S. L. Olson and P. C. Rasmussen 2001
See also Brodkorb 1953, Brodkorb 1955, Howard 1949, Howard 1972, Miller 1956, Miller and Bowman 1958, Miller and DeMay 1942, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1943 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Gavia adamsii, Gavia arctica, Gavia brodkorbi, Gavia egeriana, Gavia fortis, Gavia howardae, Gavia immer, Gavia moldavica, Gavia pacifica, Gavia paradoxa, Gavia pusilla, Gavia schultzi, Gavia stellata
Type specimens:
- Gavia concinna: USNM 16160, a limb element (ulna). Its type locality is Sweetwater Canyon, which is in a Zanclean marine horizon in the Etchegoin Formation of California.
- Gavia palaeodytes: Its type locality is American Agricultural Chemical Company, Brodkorb Locality 1, which is in a Tortonian coastal sandstone in the Peace River Formation of Florida.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections)
• Pliocene of United States (4: California, North Carolina)
• Miocene of United States (2: Florida)
Total: 8 collections including 10 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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