†Thomasococcyx philohippus Steadman 2008 (cuckoo)
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Aves - Cuculiformes - Cuculidae
Full reference: D. W. Steadman. 2008. Doves (Columbidae) and cuckoos (Cuculidae) from the early Miocene of Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 48(1):1-16
Belongs to Thomasococcyx according to D. W. Steadman 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UF 96268, a limb element (right proximal tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Thomas Farm, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Alachua Formation of Florida.
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution: found only at Thomas Farm
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