Palaeotis Lambrecht 1928 (bird)

Aves - Struthioniformes - Palaeotididae

Parent taxon: Palaeotididae according to G. Mayr 2022

See also Carroll 1988, Houde 1988, Lambrecht 1933, Mayr 2009 and Mlikovsky 2002

Sister taxon: Galligeranoides

Subtaxa: Palaeotis weigelti

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Geiseltal, Mittelkohle, Zone III (Middlecoal, zone III) (Eocene of Germany)

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