Cursoricoccyx geraldinae Martin and Mengel 1984 (cuckoo)

Aves - Cuculiformes - Cuculidae

Full reference: L. D. Martin and R. M. Mengel. 1984. A New Cuckoo and a Chachalaca from the Early Miocene of Colorado,. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 9:171-177

Belongs to Cursoricoccyx according to L. D. Martin and R. M. Mengel 1984

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KUVP No. 25629, a limb element (proximal end of a right tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Martin Canyon Quarry A, which is in a Hemingfordian channel horizon in the Pawnee Creek Formation of Colorado.

Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution: found only at Martin Canyon Quarry A

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