Primobucco mcgrewi Brodkorb 1970 (bird)

Aves - Coraciiformes

Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1970. An Eocene Puffbird from Wyoming". Rocky Mountain Geology. Rocky Mountain Geology 9(1):13-15

Belongs to Primobucco according to J. A. Clarke et al. 2009

See also Brodkorb 1970, Feduccia and Martin 1976, Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré 2004 and Olson 1985

Sister taxa: Primobucco frugilegus, Primobucco kistneri, Primobucco perneri

Type specimen: UWGM 3299, a set of limb elements (right wing). Its type locality is Fish Quarries, which is in a Wasatchian lacustrine - large horizon in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Fish Quarries

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