Aves - Caprimulgiformes - Trochilidae

Full reference: G. Mayr. 2004. Old World fossil record of modern-type hummingbirds. Science 304:861-864

Belongs to Eurotrochilus according to G. Mayr 2007

See also Mayr 2004 and Mayr and Micklich 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMNS 80739/4, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Frauenweiler, which is in a Rupelian estuary/bay claystone in Germany.

Ecology: volant frugivore

Distribution: found only at Frauenweiler

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