Primobucco frugilegus Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré 2004 (bird)

Aves - Coraciiformes

Full reference: G. Mayr and C. Mourer-Chauviré. 2004. Osteology and systematic position of the Eocene Primobucconidae (Aves, Coraciiformes sensu stricto), with first records from Europe. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2(1):1-12

Belongs to Primobucco according to J. A. Clarke et al. 2009

See also Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré 2004

Sister taxa: Primobucco kistneri, Primobucco mcgrewi, Primobucco perneri

Type specimen: SMF-ME 3507, a skeleton (articulated skeleton on two slabs, lacking most parts of the legs). Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit (Senckenberg SMF collection), which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Grube Messel Pit (Senckenberg SMF collection)

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