Aves - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Alternative combination: Micropalama hesternus
Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1924. Fossil birds from southeastern Arizona. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 64(5):1-18
Belongs to Micropalama according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Wetmore 1924 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Calidris alba, Calidris alpina, Calidris binagadensis, Calidris canutus, Calidris falcinellus, Calidris ferruginea, Calidris fuscicollis, Calidris himantopus, Calidris mauri, Calidris melanotos, Calidris minuta, Calidris minutilla, Calidris pacis, Calidris pugnax, Calidris pusilla, Calidris temminckii, Erolia penepusilla, Ereunetes rayi, Micropalama chapmani
Type specimen: USNM 10550, a limb element
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Micropalama hesterna in the database
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