Neococcyx

Extinct genus of birds

Neococcyx
Temporal range: Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Neococcyx
Weigel, 1963
Species:
N. mccorquodalei
Binomial name
Neococcyx mccorquodalei
Weigel, 1963

Neococcyx mccorquodalei is a prehistoric bird, known from postcranial remains from the late Eocene (Chadronian) of Canada.[1]

References

  1. ^ Mayr, Gerald (2009). Paleogene Fossil Birds. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 113. ISBN 9783540896289.
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Genera of cuckoos, bustards, turacos and their extinct allies
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Aves
  • Clade: Passerea
  • Clade: Otidimorphae
Otidimorphae
Musophagiformes
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Corythaeolinae
Criniferinae
Musophaginae
Otidiformes
Otididae
Cuculiformes
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Tauraco schalowi
incertae sedis
Cuculidae
Centropodinae
Couinae
Crotophaginae
Cuculinae
Phaenicophaeini
Cuculini
Neomorphinae
Cuculus canorus
Taxon identifiers
Neococcyx
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