Reptilia - Ardeiformes - Ardeidae

Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1955. The avifauna of the Bone Valley Formation. Florida Geological Survey Report of Investigations 14:1-57

Belongs to Ardea according to J. J. Becker 1985

Sister taxa: Ardea cinerea, Ardea herodias, Ardea paloccidentalis, Ardea sellardsi

Type specimen: Pierce Brodkorb #308, a limb element (proximal right tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Palmetto Mine, which is in a Hemphillian marginal marine sandstone in the Upper Bone Valley Formation of Florida.

Ecology: volant piscivore