Biology:Plesiocathartes

Short description: Extinct genus of birds

Plesiocathartes Temporal range: Eocene to Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	?Leptosomiformes
Genus:	†Plesiocathartes Gaillard, 1908
Species
†P. europaeus Gaillard, 1908 †P. gaillardi Crusafont & Villalta, 1955 †P. geiselensis Mayr, 2002 †P. insolitipes Mayr & Kitchener, 2022 †P. kelleri Mayr, 2002 †P. wyomingensis Weidig, 2006

Plesiocathartes is an extinct genus of birds that lived during the Eocene to Oligocene period. It currently presents 5 species from Europe and North America. It was originally described related to New World vultures, but however recent studies has uncovered that the genus was more closely related to the cuckoo roller from Madagascar .

References

• The first New World occurrence of the Eocene bird Plesiocathartes (Aves: ?Leptosomidae) Researchgate.net Retrieved June 2018.

Wikidata ☰ Q16688774 entry