Name - Plesiocathartes Gaillard 1908

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urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1569296 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Plesiocathartes

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Original Description Reference

• Les Oiseaux des Phosphorites du Quercy. Lyon These fac sci; Ann Univ Lyon (nouvelle serie) fasc 23, 1908 1908: (156). [Zoological Record Volume 45]

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Recent Publications

• A new species of Plesiocathartes (Aves: ?Leptosomidae) from the Middle Eocene of Messel, Germany.
• Revision of the Cathartidae (Aves: Ciconiiformes) from the Middle Eocene to the Upper Oligocene Phosphorites du Quercy, France.
• Les Oiseaux des Phosphorites du Quercy.
• New species from the early Eocene London Clay suggest an undetected early Eocene diversity of the Leptosomiformes, an avian clade that includes a living fossil from Madagascar.

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