Aves - Passeriformes - Palaeoscinidae

Full reference: H. Howard. 1957. A new species of passerine bird from the Miocene of California. Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum 9:1-16

Belongs to Palaeoscinis according to A. Wetmore 1960

See also Howard 1957

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: LACM 2604, a partial skeleton (nearly complete skeleton and outlines of a portion of the feathering of one wing, represented by impression and parts of actual bone on two flagstone slabs). Its type locality is Tepusquet Creek, which is in a Miocene marine shale/limestone in the Monterey Formation of California.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tepusquet Creek

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