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Omorhamphus storchii Sinclair 



Oinorhamphus storchii Sinclair, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, vol. 67, 1928, p. 52, 

 pis. 1-2, figs. 1-3. 



Lower Eocene (Lower Gray Bull horizon, Lower Wasatch) : i^ 

 miles southeast of Dorsey Creek, about 2 miles south of Otto-Basin 

 Road, Big Horn County, Wyoming. 



Order CHARADRIIFORMES : Shorebirds, Gulls, and Auks 



Suborder CHARADRII : Shorebirds 



Superfamily CHARADRIOIDEA : Plovers, Sandpipers, and Allies 



Family RHEGMINORNITHIDAE: Rhegminornis 



Genus RHEGMINORNIS Wetmore 



Rhegminornis Wetmore, Proc. New England Zool. Club, vol. 22, June 23, 

 1943. P- 61. Type, by original designation, Rhegminornis calobates Wet- 

 more. 



Rhegminornis calobates Wetmore, Proc. New England Zool. Club, vol. 22, 

 June 23, 1943, p. 61, pi. II, figs. 1-5. 



Lower Miocene (Tampa limestone) : °^ Thomas Farm, 8 miles north 

 of Bell, Gilchrist County, Florida. 



Family HAEMATOPODIDAE : Oystercatchers 



Genus PARACTIORNIS Wetmore 



Paractiornis Wetmore, Condor, vol. 32, No. 3, May 15, 1930, p. 133. Type, 

 by monotypy, Paractiornis perpusillus Wetmore. 



Paractiornis perpusillus Wetmore 



Paractiornis perpusillus Wetmore, Condor, vol. 32, No. 3, May 15, 1930, p. 153, 

 figs. 54-56. 



Lower Miocene (Harrison formation) : Carnegie Hill, Agate Fossil 

 Quarry, near Agate, Sioux County, Nebraska. 



^^ Cooke, Florida Geol. Surv., Geol. Bull. 29, 1945, pp. 1 19-120, believes that 

 the specimen came from a sink in the Tampa limestone, rather than from the 

 younger Hawthorn formation, to which it was ascribed by T. E. White, who 

 collected it. 



