Pseudocrypturus
| Pseudocrypturus Temporal range:
Early Eocene[1] | |
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| Head and neck of the holotype specimen in the Smithsonian Institution | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | †Lithornithiformes |
| Family: | †Lithornithidae |
| Genus: | †Pseudocrypturus (Houde, 1988)[2] |
| Species | |
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†Pseudocrypturus cercanaxius | |
Pseudocrypturus is a
paleognathous bird. One species is known, Pseudocrypturus cercanaxius. It is a relative of such modern birds as ostriches. It lived in the early Eocene
.
The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. It has catalog number USNM 336103. It was collected from the Fossil Butte Member, Green River Formation, Lincoln County, Wyoming.[3]
Taxonomy
Pseudocrypturus means false tinamou. The species name cercanaxius comes from ancient Greek words kerkion, tail, and anaxios, worthless, in reference to the rudimentary pygostyle of this species.[citation needed]
Footnotes
- ^ "Pseudocrypturus". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
- ^ Hinton, A. C. (1996)
- ^ Houde, Peter W. (1988)
References
- Hinton, A. C.; Lang, W. D.; et al. (1996). Edwards, Marcia A. (ed.). Nomenclator Zoologicus. Vol. 9. Regents Park, London: Zoological Society of London. p. 479.
- Houde, Peter W. (1988). "Paleognathous Birds from the Early Tertiary of the Northern Hemisphere". Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club. 22. Cambridge MA: Nuttall Ornithological Club.