Zygodactylus luberonensis Mayr 2008 (bird)

Aves - Neornithes - Zygodactylidae

Full reference: G. Mayr. 2008. Phylogenetic affinities of the enigmatic avian taxon Zygodactylus based on new material from the early Oligocene of France. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6(3):333-344

Belongs to Zygodactylus according to G. Mayr 2008

Sister taxa: Zygodactylus grivensis, Zygodactylus ignotus

Type specimen: SMF Av 519, a skeleton (complete skeleton including questionably associated skull). Its type locality is Revest-des-Brousses, which is in a MP 24 lagoonal carbonate in the Vachères limestones Formation of France.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Revest-des-Brousses

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