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Fulica shufeldti Brodkorb, 1964

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Fulica minor Shufeldt, 1891; Fulica americana minor Shufeldt, 1891

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

Oregon, USA

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Brodkorb, Pierce. (1964). A new name for Fulica minor Shufeldt. Quart. Florida Acad. Sci. 27(3): 186.

 

Other references:

Brodkorb, Pierce. (1959). The Pleistocene avifauna of Arredondo, Florida. Bull. Fla. State Mus. Biol. Sci. 4(9): 269-291.

Howard, Hildegarde. (1946). A review of the Pleistocene birds of Fossil Lake, Oregon. Carnegie Instn. Washignton Publ. 551: 141-195, pl. 1-2.

Shufeldt, R. W. (1891). Fossil birds from the Equus beds of Oregon. American Naturalist 25(297): 818-821.

Shufeldt, R. W. (1892). A study of the fossil avifauna of the Equus beds of the Oregon desert. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 9: 389-425, pls. 15-17.

Simpson, George Gaylord. (1930). Additions to the Pleistocene of Florida. American Museum Novitates 406: 1-14.

Tyrberg, Tommy. (2008). The Late Pleistocene Continental Avian extinction – an evaluation of the fossil evidence. Oryctos 7: 249-269.

Webb, S. D. (1974). Chronology of Florida Pleistocene Mammals, pp. 5-31. In: Webb, S. D. (ed.). Pleistocene Mammals of Florida.

Webb, S. D. and Wilkins, K. T. (1984). Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 8

Wetmore, Alexander. (1956). A check-list of the fossil and prehistoric birds of North America and the West Indies. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 131(5): 1-105.

https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/12826/VZ_77_Synopsis_fossil_Rallidae.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

 

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