Full reference: C. Gaillard. 1908. Les oiseaux des phosphorites du Quercy [The birds from the Quercy phosphorites]. Annales de l'Université de Lyon, nouvelle séries. 1. Sciences, Médecine 23:1-178
Parent taxon: Leptosomiformes according to G. Mayr and T. Smith 2019
See also Carroll 1988, de Villalta 1963, Gaillard 1908, Lambrecht 1933 and Mayr 2005
Sister taxa: Leptosomidae, Waltonavis
Subtaxa: Plesiocathartes europaeus Plesiocathartes gaillardi Plesiocathartes insolitipes Plesiocathartes kelleri
Type: Plesiocathartes europaeus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene to Oligocene of France (1 collection)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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