Eocathartes Lambrecht 1935 (bird)

Aves - Ciconiiformes

Parent taxon: Ciconiiformes according to S. D. Emslie 1988

Sister taxa: Ardeoidae, Ciconiae, Ciconiidae, Ciconiopsis, Ibididoidae, Lophiornis, Phoenicopteri, Phoenicopteroidea, Plataleoidae, Sanshuiornis, Scopi, Scopidae, Xenerodiopidae

Subtaxa: Eocathartes robustus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Geiseltal, Mittelkohle, Zone III (Middlecoal, zone III) (Eocene of Germany)

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