Eotrogon Mayr et al. 2023 (trogon)

Aves - Trogoniformes - Trogonidae

Full reference: G. Mayr, V. L. de Pietri, and A. C. Kitchener. 2023. Narrow-beaked trogons from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, UK). Journal of Ornithology 164:749-764

Parent taxon: Trogonidae according to G. Mayr et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Apaloderma, Harpactes, Paratrogon, Pharomachrus, Primotrogon, Priotelus, Septentrogon, Trogon

Subtaxa: Eotrogon stenorhynchus

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Type: Eotrogon stenorhynchus

Ecology: volant frugivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Walton-on-the-Naze Division A2 (NMS) (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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