†Uintornis lucaris Marsh 1872 (woodpecker)
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Aves - Piciformes - Picidae
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1872. Notice of some new Tertiary and post-Tertiary birds. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 4(19-24):256-262
Belongs to Uintornis according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Feduccia and Martin 1976, Hay 1902, Houde and Olson 1992, Lambrecht 1933, Marsh 1872, Olson 1985, Shufeldt 1915 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxon: Uintornis marionae
Type specimen: Its type locality is Henry's Fork, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution: found only at Henry's Fork
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