Aves - Apodiformes - Jungornithidae

Full reference: A. A. Karhu. 1999. A new genus and species of the family Jungornithidae (Apodiformes) from the Late Eocene of the Northern Caucasus, with comments on the ancestry of hummingbirds. Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century: Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Washington, D.C, 4-7 June 1996. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 89:207-216

Parent taxon: Jungornithidae according to G. Mayr 2003

See also Karhu 1999 and Mayr 2022

Sister taxa: Jungornis, Palescyvus, Parargornis

Subtaxa: Argornis caucasicus

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Type: Argornis caucasicus

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pshekha River, Gornyi Luch (Kuma horizon)

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