†family Zygodactylidae Brodkorb 1971 (bird)

Aves - Neornithes - Zygodactylidae

Synonym: Primoscenidae Harrison and Walker 1977

Parent taxon: Passerimorphae according to G. Mayr 2008

See also Carroll 1988, Harrison and Walker 1977, Mayr 2004, Mayr 2005 and Mayr et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Coraciiformes, Piciformes

Subtaxa: Eozygodactylus Primoscens Primozygodactylus Pseudastur Quercypsitta Serudaptus Zygodactylus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Germany (1 collection)

• Oligocene of France (1)

• Eocene of France (1), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Virginia, Wyoming)

Total: 8 collections including 14 occurrences

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