Paracoracias is an extinct genus of coraciiform that lived during the Ypresian stage of the Eocene epoch.
Distribution
Paracoracias occidentalis is known from the Green River Formation of Wyoming.[1]
References
- ^ Clarke, Julia Allison; Ksepka, Daniel T.; Smith, N. Adam; Norell, Mark A. (26 October 2009). "Combined phylogenetic analysis of a new North American fossil species confirms widespread Eocene distribution for stem rollers (Aves, Coracii): NEW SPECIES FROM THE EOCENE GREEN RIVER FORMATION". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 157 (3): 586–611. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00550.x. Retrieved 26 February 2025 – via Wiley Online Library.