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Plesiocathartes

释义

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{{italic title}}{{Taxobox
| name = Plesiocathartes
|fossil_range=Eocene to Oligocene
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Aves
| ordo = ?Leptosomatiformes
| genus = †Plesiocathartes
Gaillard, 1908
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =

†P. europaeus
Gaillard, 1908
†P. gaillardi
†P. geiselensis
Mayr, 2002
†P. kelleri
Mayr, 2002
†P. wyomingensis
Weidig, 2006

}}

Plesiocathartes is a extinct genus of birds that lived during the Eocene to Oligocene period. It currently presents 5 species from Europe and North America. It was originally described related to New World vultures, but however recent studies has uncovered that the genus was more closely related to the cuckoo roller from Madagascar.

References

[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226490675_The_first_New_World_occurrence_of_the_Eocene_birdPlesiocathartesAves_Leptosomidae The first New World occurrence of the Eocene bird Plesiocathartes (Aves: ?Leptosomidae)] Researchgate.net Retrieved June 2018.

5 : Coraciiformes|Eocene birds|Oligocene birds|Prehistoric birds of Europe|Fossil taxa described in 1908

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