Cypselavus Gaillard 1908 (swift)

Aves - Apodiformes - Aegialornithidae

Full reference: C. Gaillard. 1908. Les oiseaux des phosphorites du Quercy [The birds from the Quercy phosphorites]. Annales de l'Université de Lyon, nouvelle séries. 1. Sciences, Médecine 23:1-178

Parent taxon: Aegialornithidae according to J. Mlikovsky 2002

See also Carroll 1988, Gaillard 1908, Gaillard 1939, Harrison 1984 and Lambrecht 1933

Sister taxa: Aegialornis, Mesogiornis

Subtaxa: Cypselavus gaillardi Cypselavus gallicus Cypselavus intermedius

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of France (2 collections)

• Eocene of France (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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