Aves - Caprimulgiformes - Apodidae

Full reference: C. J. O. Harrison. 1984. A revision of the fossil swifts (Vertebrata, Aves, suborder, Apodi), with descriptions of three new genera and two new species. Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie 21(4):157-177

Parent taxon: Apodidae according to C. Mourer-Chauviré et al. 2004

See also Harrison 1984 and Mlikovsky 2002

Sister taxa: Aerodramus, Apodinae, Chaetura, Collocalia, Cypselinae, Cypseloides, Cypseloidinae, Streptoprocne

Subtaxa: Procypseloides ignotus Procypseloides mourerchauvireae

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Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution: found only at Crechy (Oligocene of France)

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