Laputavis Dyke 2001 (bird)

Aves - Coraciiformes

Synonym: Laputa Dyke 2001 [replaced name]

Full reference: G. J. Dyke. 2001. Laputavis, a replacement name for Laputa Dyke 2001 (preoccupied name). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(2):401-401

Parent taxon: Coracii according to G. Mayr and A. C. Kitchener 2024

See also Dyke 2001 and Dyke 2001

Sister taxa: Atelornithidae, Coraciides, Eocoracias, Geranopteridae, Meropides, Paracoracias, Primobucco, Primobucconidae, Septencoracias

Subtaxa: Laputavis robusta

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Walton-on-the-Naze, general (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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