Aegialornis Lydekker 1891 (swift)

Aves - Apodiformes - Aegialornithidae

Synonym: Tachyornis Milne-Edwards 1891

Parent taxon: Aegialornithidae according to G. Mayr 2003

See also Carroll 1988, Gaillard 1908, Gaillard 1939, Harrison 1984, Lambrecht 1933, Mlikovsky 2002 and Wetmore 1960

Sister taxa: Cypselavus, Mesogiornis

Subtaxa: Aegialornis gallicus Aegialornis germanicus Aegialornis leehnardti

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Le Bretou (Eocene of France)

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