Pliopicus Feduccia and Wilson 1967 (woodpecker)

Aves - Piciformes - Picidae

Parent taxon: Picidae according to R. L. Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Campephilus, Colaptes, Dendrocopos, Dryocopus, Homalopus, Jynginae, Jynx, Melanerpes, Nesoctites, Palaeopicus, Picinae, Picoides, Picumninae, Picumnus, Picus, Sapheopipo, Sphyrapicus, Uintornis, Xiphidiopicus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution: found only at WaKeeny (UM-K6-59) (Miocene of Kansas)

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