Aves - Cuculiformes - Cuculidae
Full reference: R. M. Chandler. 1999. Fossil birds of Florissant, Colorado: with a description of a new genus and species of cuckoo. National Park Service Paleontological Research, Volume 4. Geologic Resources Division Technical Report NPS/NRGRD/GRDTR-99/03 49-53
Parent taxon: Cuculidae according to G. Mayr 2006
See also Chandler 1999
Sister taxa: Cacomantis, Centropodinae, Centropus, Chrysococcyx, Coccyzus, Coua, Crotophaga, Crotophaginae, Cuculinae, Cuculus, Dromococcyx, Dynamopteryx, Eudynamys, Eutreptodactylus, Geococcyx, Morococcyx, Nannococcyx, Necrornis, Neococcyx, Neomorphinae, Phaenicophacinae, Procuculus, Thomasococcyx, Urodynamis, Veflintornis
Subtaxa: Eocuculus cherpinae
Type: Eocuculus cherpinae
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (1 collection)
• Eocene of United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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