†Eutreptodactylus itaboraiensis Baird and Vickers-Rich 1997 (cuckoo)
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Aves - Cuculiformes - Cuculidae
Full reference: R. F. Baird and P. Vickers-Rich. 1997. Eutreptodactylus itaboraiensis gen. et sp. nov., an early cuckoo (Aves: Cuculidae) from the Late Paleocene of Brazil. Alcheringa 21(2):123-127
Belongs to Eutreptodactylus according to R. F. Baird and P. Vickers-Rich 1997
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNB 4083v, a limb element (Incomplete distal fragment of a right tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is São José de Itaborai, which is in an Eocene fissure fill marl in the Itaboraí Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution: found only at São José de Itaborai
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