†Archaeotrogon zitteli Gaillard 1908 (nightjar)
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Aves - Caprimulgiformes - Caprimulgidae
Full reference: C. Gaillard. 1908. Les oiseaux des phosphorites du Quercy [The birds from the Quercy phosphorites]. Annales de l'Université de Lyon, nouvelle séries. 1. Sciences, Médecine 23:1-178
Belongs to Archaeotrogon according to K. Lambrecht 1933
See also Gaillard 1908
Sister taxa: Archaeotrogon caluxyensis, Archaeotrogon nocturnus, Archaeotrogon venustus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mouillac (old collection), which is in a MP 25 terrestrial phosphorite in France
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution: found only at Mouillac (old collection)
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