Aves - Piciformes - Picidae
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1872. Notice of some new Tertiary and post-Tertiary birds. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 4(19-24):256-262
Parent taxon: Picidae according to K. Lambrecht 1933
See also Carroll 1988, Feduccia and Martin 1976, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Houde and Olson 1992 and Olson 1985
Sister taxa: Campephilus, Colaptes, Dendrocopos, Dryocopus, Homalopus, Jynginae, Jynx, Melanerpes, Nesoctites, Palaeopicus, Picinae, Picoides, Picumninae, Picumnus, Picus, Pliopicus, Sapheopipo, Sphyrapicus, Xiphidiopicus
Subtaxa: Uintornis lucaris Uintornis marionae
Type: Uintornis lucaris
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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