†Aegialornis Lydekker 1891 (swift)
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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
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Le Bretou (Eocene of France)
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