Aves - Caprimulgiformes - Caprimulgidae
Full reference: C. Mourer-Chauviré. 1988. Le gisement du Bretou (Phosphorites du Quercy, Tarn-et-Garonne, France) et sa faune des vertebres de l'Eocene superieur; 2. Oiseaux. [Le Bretou locality (Quercy Phosphorites, Tarn-et-Garonne, France) and its late Eocene vertebrate fauna; 2. Birds.]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 205(1-6):29-50
Belongs to Ventivorus according to J. Mlikovsky 2002
See also Mourer-Chauviré 1988
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BRT 1015, upper part of the right coracoid, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Le Bretou, which is in a Bartonian karst phosphorite in France.
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution: found only at Le Bretou
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