Archaeotrogon zitteli Gaillard 1908 (nightjar)

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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