Pristineanis Mayr and Kitchener 2024 (bird)

Aves - Piciformes

Full reference: G. Mayr and A. C. Kitchener. 2024. The Picocoraciades (hoopoes, rollers, woodpeckers, and allies) from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton‑on‑the‑Naze. PalZ

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

Sister taxa: Lybiidae, Megalaimidae, Pici, Picidae, Picoidae, Ramphastidae, Semnornithidae, Sylphornithidae

Subtaxa: Pristineanis major Pristineanis minor

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Type: Pristineanis minor

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

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

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