Anthracothorax Boie 1831 (hummingbird)

Aves - Caprimulgiformes - Trochilidae

Parent taxon: Trochilidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also del Hoyo et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Chlorostilbon, Eurotrochilus, Florisuginae, Lesbiinae, Mellisuga, Ornismya, Orthorhyncus, Patagoninae, Phaethornithinae, Polytminae, Trochilinae, Trochilus

Subtaxa: Anthracothorax dominicus

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Ecology: volant frugivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro de San Francisco, Stratum 3 (Quaternary of Dominican Republic)

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