Family Musophagidae Bonaparte 1831 (turacos)

Aves - Cuculiformes - Musophagidae

Parent taxon: Musophagi according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007

See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014 and Rasmussen et al. 1987

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Corythaeolinae Criniferinae Musophaga Musophaginae Promusophaga

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Ecology: volant frugivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Egypt (1 collection)

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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