Pseudocrypturus
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Pseudocrypturus is a genus of extinct paleognathous bird. Three species are known and the type species is Pseudocrypturus cercanaxius. It is a relative of such modern birds as ostriches. It lived in the early Eocene. The holotype fossil is in the collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. It has catalog number USNM 336103. It was collected from the Fossil Butte Member, Green River Formation, Lincoln County, Wyoming.[4]
Taxonomy
Pseudocrypturus means false tinamou. The species name cercanaxius comes from ancient Greek words Script error: No such module "lang"., tail, and Script error: No such module "lang"., worthless, in reference to the rudimentary pygostyle of this species.[citation needed]
Footnotes
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pseudocrypturus". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
- ^ Hinton, A. C. (1996)
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mayr, G.; Kitchener, A. C. (2025). "The Lithornithiformes (Aves) from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, UK)". Papers in Palaeontology. 11 (1). e1611. doi:10.1002/spp2.1611.
- ^ Houde, Peter W. (1988)
References
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hinton, A. C.; Lang, W. D.; et al. (1996). Edwards, Marcia A. (ed.). Nomenclator Zoologicus. Vol. 9. Regents Park, London: Zoological Society of London. p. 479.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Houde, Peter W. (1988). "Paleognathous Birds from the Early Tertiary of the Northern Hemisphere". Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club. 22. Cambridge MA: Nuttall Ornithological Club.
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