Eutreptodactylus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | †Eutreptodactylus Baird & Vickers-Rich, 1997[1] |
| Species: | †E. itaboraiensis
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| †Eutreptodactylus itaboraiensis Baird & Vickers-Rich, 1997[1]
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Eutreptodactylus is an extinct genus of insectivorous bird known from the Early Eocene period (Itaboraian) of Brazil. It was probably the most primitive member of the order Cuculiformes. Fossils have been found in the Itaboraí Formation at São José de Itaborai.[2]
References
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- ^ a b Baird, Robert F.; Vickers-Rich, Patricia (1997). "Eutreptodactylus itaboraiensis gen. et sp. nov., an early cuckoo (Aves: Cuculidae) from the Late Paleocene of Brazil". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 21 (2): 123–127. Bibcode:1997Alch...21..123B. doi:10.1080/03115519708619179.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Eutreptodactylus". Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Further reading
[edit]- "Eutreptodactylus itaboraiensis gen. et sp. nov., an early cuckoo (Aves: Cuculidae) from the Late Paleocene of Brazil | Request PDF". Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- G. Mayr. 2004. The phylogenetic relationships of the early Tertiary Primoscenidae and Sylphornithidae and the sister taxon of crown group piciform birds. Journal für Ornithologie 145(3):188-198
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