Eocuculus
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Eocuculus Temporal range: Oligocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cuculiformes |
Family: | Cuculidae |
Genus: | †Eocuculus Chandler, 1999 |
Species: | †E. cherpinae |
Binomial name | |
†Eocuculus cherpinae Chandler, 1999 |
Eocuculus cherpinae is a prehistoric bird, known from postcranial remains from the late Eocene Florissant beds in Colorado.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Mayr, Gerald (2009). Paleogene Fossil Birds. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 113. ISBN 9783540896289.