†Cursoricoccyx geraldinae Martin and Mengel 1984 (cuckoo)
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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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