Suborder Pici Linnaeus 1758 (bird)

Aves - Piciformes

Alternative spelling: Picae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Piciformes according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007

See also Gadow 1898, Lambrecht 1933, Mayr 2001, Mayr 2005, Mayr 2005, Mayr 2006, Mayr 2022, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Lybiidae, Megalaimidae, Picidae, Picoidae, Pristineanis, Ramphastidae, Semnornithidae, Sylphornithidae

Subtaxa: Capitonoidea Indicatoridae Rupelramphastoides

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (1: Florida collection)

• Oligocene of Belgium (1), Germany (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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