Plesiocathartes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Leptosomiformes |
| Genus: | †Plesiocathartes Gaillard, 1908[1] |
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| †Plesiocathartes europaeus Gaillard, 1908 | |
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Plesiocathartes is an extinct genus of birds that lived during the Eocene to Oligocene period. It currently presents 5 species from Europe and North America. It was originally described related to New World vultures, but however recent studies has uncovered that the genus was more closely related to the cuckoo-roller from Madagascar.[3]
References
- ^ C. Gaillard. 1908. Les oiseaux des phosphorites du Quercy [The birds from the Quercy phosphorites]. Annales de l'Université de Lyon, nouvelle séries. 1. Sciences, Médecine 23:1-178
- ^ "PBDB Taxon".
- ^ "The first New World occurrence of the Eocene bird Plesiocathartes (Aves: ?Leptosomidae) | Request PDF". Retrieved 28 July 2024.
Further reading
- R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution 1-698
- J. F. de Villalta. 1963. Las aves fósiles del Mioceno español. Boletin de la Real Socieded Española de Historia Natural 61:263-285
- K. Lambrecht. 1933. Handbuch der Palaeornithologie. 1-1024
- G. Mayr. 2005. The Paleogene fossil record of birds in Europe. Biological Reviews 80:513-542
- G. Mayr and T. Smith. 2019. A diverse bird assemblage from the Ypresian of Belgium furthers knowledge of early Eocene avifaunas of the North Sea Basin. Neus Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 291(3):253-281
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