†Primotrogon pumilio Mayr 2005 (trogon)
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Aves - Trogoniformes - Trogonidae
Full reference: G. Mayr. 2005. New trogons from the early Tertiary of Germany. Ibis 147(3):512-518
Belongs to Primotrogon according to G. Mayr 2005
Sister taxon: Primotrogon wintersteini
Type specimen: SMNS 55222 a+b, a skeleton (nearly complete, articulated skeleton). Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit (Senckenberg SMF collection), which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.
Ecology: volant frugivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Grube Messel Pit (Senckenberg SMF collection)
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