Podilymbus wetmorei Storer, 1976:151
Wetmore's (pied-billed) grebe
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Considered a synonym of P. podiceps by (Steadman, 1984).
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Florida, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: UF/PB 1762
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Storer, R. W. (1976). The Pleistocene pied-billed grebes (Aves: Podicipedidae), pp. 147-153. In: Olson, Storrs L. (ed.). Collected papers in avian phylogeny honoring the 90th birthday of Alexander Wetmore. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27: xxvi + 1-211.
Other references:
Sayol, Ferran, Steinbauer, Manuel J., Blackburn, Tim M., Antonelli, Alexandre and Faurby, Søren. (2020). Anthropogenic extinctions conceal widespread evolution of flightlessness in birds. Science Advances 6(49): eabb6095. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6095 [Supplementary Material (Data File S1)]
Steadman, David W. (1984). A middle Pleistocene (late Irvingtonian) avifauna from Payne Creek, central Florida. Spec. Publ. Carnegie Mus. Nat. Hist. 8: 47-52.
Tyrberg, Tommy. (2008). The Late Pleistocene Continental Avian extinction – an evaluation of the fossil evidence. Oryctos 7: 249-269.