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 recent studies have uncovered that the genus was more closely related to the cuckoo-roller from Madagascar.[3]

References

  1. ^ C. Gaillard. 1908. Les oiseaux des phosphorites du Quercy [The birds from the Quercy phosphorites]. Annales de l'Université de Lyon, nouvelle séries. 1. Sciences, Médecine 23:1-178
  2. ^ "PBDB Taxon".
  3. ^ Mayr, G. (2002). "A new species of Plesiocathartes (Aves: ?Leptosomidae) from the Middle Eocene of Messel, Germany". PaleoBios. 22: 10–20.

Further reading

  • R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution 1-698
  • J. F. de Villalta. 1963. Las aves fósiles del Mioceno español. Boletin de la Real Socieded Española de Historia Natural 61:263-285
  • K. Lambrecht. 1933. Handbuch der Palaeornithologie. 1-1024
  • G. Mayr. 2005. The Paleogene fossil record of birds in Europe. Biological Reviews 80:513-542
  • G. Mayr and T. Smith. 2019. A diverse bird assemblage from the Ypresian of Belgium furthers knowledge of early Eocene avifaunas of the North Sea Basin. Neus Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 291(3):253-281


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plesiocathartes
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