Aves - Neornithes - Lithornithidae

Full reference: P. W. Houde. 1988. Paleognathous birds from the Early Tertiary of the Northern Hemisphere. Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club 22:1-148

Parent taxon: Lithornithidae according to G. Mayr 2022

See also Houde 1988, Mayr 2008 and Mayr 2009

Sister taxa: Calciavis, Fissuravis, Lithornis, Paracathartes

Subtaxa: Pseudocrypturus cercanaxius

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tynsky Quarry (Eocene of Wyoming)

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