Foro panarium

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Foro panarium
Temporal range:
Early Eocene (Ypresian-Lutetian
)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Musophagiformes
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Foro
Olson, 1992
Species:
F. panarium
Binomial name
Foro panarium
Olson, 1992

Foro panarium is an extinct bird of disputed taxonomic status that lived during the early to mid-Eocene around the Ypresian-Lutetian boundary, some 48 million years ago. F. panarium is known from fossils found in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.

The taxonomical relations of F. panarium remain unclear. It is sometimes placed in a distinct

cuckoos, turacos and/or the puzzling hoatzin of the Amazon.[1] A phylogenetic analysis conducted by Field & Hsiang (2018) indicated that Foro panarium was a stem-turaco.[2]

References

  1. ^ Olson, Storrs L. (1992). "A new family of primitive landbirds from the early Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming". Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Series. 36: 127–136.
  2. PMID 29936914
    .