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Butorides validipes

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Butorides validipes
Temporal range: Early Pleistocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Genus: Butorides
Species:
B. validipes
Binomial name
Butorides validipes
Campbell, 1976

Butorides validipes is an extinct species of Butorides that lived during the Early Pleistocene.

Distribution

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Butorides validipes fossils are known from late Blancan deposits in Florida.[1]

References

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  1. Kenneth E. Campbell, Jr. (1976). "An Early Pleistocene Avifauna from Haile XVA, Florida". Wilson Bulletin. 88 (2): 345–347.