Species profile

Scolopax brachycarpa

Scolopax brachycarpa

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Holotype. UF 276038, carpometacarpus (Figure 2 L, Table 1), collected by C. A. Woods and his field party at Trouing Jean Paul, Morne La Visite region, Massif de la Selle, Haiti (18 ˚ 20 ’ 15 ” N, 72 ˚ 16 ’ 50 ” W), on 16 February 1984. Paratypes. 19 carpometacarpi, UF 275883 - 275885, 275916, 275917, 275930, 275931, 275943, 275974 - 275976, 276036, 276037, 276043, 276089, 276131, 276137, 276326, 276335. Referred material. 320 specimens representing all major postcranial skeletal elements (vertebrae, sterna, furcula, coracoids, scapulae, humeri, ulnae, radii, ulnare, manual phalanges, femora, tibiotarsi, tarsometatarsi, pedal phalanges) as well as the mandible, UF 275863 - 276037, 276039 - 276149, 276301 - 276346. All are from Trouing Jean Paul, Haiti. Geological age. Late Holocene (details in Discussion).

Scientific name
Scolopax brachycarpa
Family
Scolopacidae
Order
Charadriiformes
Genus
Scolopax

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