Protocitta dixi Brodkorb, 1957:132 (1959?)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Procitta dixi Brodkorb, 1957:132
Emslie (1998) considered Protocitta dixi to be a junior synonym of Pica pica. However, for the present P. dixi is still considered to be a valid taxon pending further investigation.
Conservation Status
Extinct or invalid (synonym)
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Florida & Texas, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: UF/PB 428
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Brodkorb, Pierce. (1957). New passerine birds from the Pleistocene of Reddick, Florida. J. Paleontol. 31: 129-138.
Other references:
Brodkorb, Pierce. (1978). Catalogue of fossil birds: part 5 (Passedformes). Bull. Fla. State Mus. Biol. Sci. 23: 139-228.
Casto, S. D. (2002). Extinct and extirpated birds of Texas. Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society 35: 17-24.
Emslie, Steven D. (1998). Avian Community, Climate, and Sea-level Changes in the Plio-Pleistocene of the Florida Peninsula. Ornithological Monographs, No. 50: 1-113.
Emslie, Steven D. and Morgan, G. S. (1995). Taphonomy of a late Pleistocene carnivore den, Dade County, Florida. Pp. 65•83 in Late Quaternary Environments and Deep History: A Tribute to Paul S. Martin (D. W. Steadman and J. I. Mead, Eds.). Scientific Papers 3. The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, Hot Springs, South Dakota.
Ligon, J. D. (1965). A Pleistocene avifauna from Haile, Florida. Bull. Fla. State Mus. Biol. Sci. 10(4): 127-158.
Ritchie, T. L. (1980). Two mid-Pleistocene avifaunas from Coleman, Florida. Bull. Fla. State Mus. Biol. Sci. 26: 1-36.
Tyrberg, Tommy. (2008). The Late Pleistocene Continental Avian extinction – an evaluation of the fossil evidence. Oryctos 7: 249-269.
Weigel, R. D. (1967). Fossil birds from Millers’ Cave, Llano Co., Texas. Texas J. Sci. 19:107-109.