Palaegithalus cuvieri Gervais 1852 (perching bird)

Aves - Passeriformes - Paridae

Alternative combination: Sitta cuvieri

Full reference: P. Gervais. 1852. Zoologie et Paléontologie Françaises (Animaux Vertébrés) ou Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux Vivants et Fossiles de la France. 1–3:1-274+

Belongs to Palaegithalus according to K. Lambrecht 1933

See also Brunet 1970, Gervais 1852 and Gervais 1859

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Montmartre, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial horizon in France

Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution: found only at Montmartre

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