Aves - Apodiformes

Full reference: C. J. O. Harrison. 1984. A revision of the fossil swifts (Vertebrata, Aves, suborder, Apodi), with descriptions of three new genera and two new species. Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie 21(4):157-177

Parent taxon: Apodiformes according to G. Mayr 2003

See also Harrison 1984, Mayr 2022 and Mlikovsky 2002

Sister taxa: Aegialornithidae, Apodi, Eocypselidae, Hemiprocni, Jungornithidae

Subtaxa: Scaniacypselus szarskii Scaniacypselus wardi

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Scaniacypselus in the database

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