Quercypodargus Mourer-Chauviré 1989 (frogmouth)

Aves - Caprimulgiformes - Podargidae

Full reference: C. Mourer-Chauviré. 1989. Les Caprimulgiformes et les Coraciiformes de l'Éocène et de l'Oligocène des phosphorites du Quercy et description de deux genres nouveaux de Podargidae et Nyctibiidae. Acta XIX congressus internationalis ornithologici 2047-2055

Parent taxon: Podargidae according to C. Mourer-Chauviré 1989

Sister taxa: Batrachostomus, Podargus, Rigidipenna

Subtaxa: Quercypodargus olsoni

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Phosphorites du Quercy (old collections - late Eocene) (Eocene of France)

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