Primobucco 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

Parent taxon: Coracii according to J. A. Clarke et al. 2009

See also Brodkorb 1970, Carroll 1988, Feduccia 1973, Feduccia and Martin 1976, Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré 2004 and Olson 1985

Sister taxa: Atelornithidae, Coraciides, Eocoracias, Geranopteridae, Meropides, Paracoracias, Primobucconidae, Septencoracias

Subtaxa: Primobucco frugilegus Primobucco kistneri Primobucco mcgrewi Primobucco perneri

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Type: Primobucco mcgrewi

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Germany (2 collections), United States (2: Wyoming)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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