Biology:Taubacrex
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Short description: Extinct genus of birds
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Family: | †Quercymegapodiidae |
| Genus: | †Taubacrex Alvarenga 1988 |
| Species: | †T. granivora
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| †Taubacrex granivora Alvarenga 1988
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Taubacrex is an extinct genus of birds of the family Quercymegapodiidae from the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene (Deseadan) Tremembé Formation of the Taubaté Basin in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The type species is Taubacrex granivora. In the original description, Herculano Alvarenga classified it as a member of family Rallidae. It provides the earliest fossil record of gastroliths in birds of the order Galliformes.[1]
References
- ↑ Mayr, Gerald (2009) Paleogene Fossil Birds. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 978-3540896272
Wikidata ☰ Q48969873 entry
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