Taubacrex
| Taubacrex | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Family: | †Quercymegapodiidae |
| Genus: | †Taubacrex Alvarenga1988 |
| Species: | †T. granivora
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| Binomial name | |
| †Taubacrex granivora Alvarenga 1988
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Taubacrexis anextinctgenusof birds of the familyQuercymegapodiidaefrom theLate OligocenetoEarly Miocene(Deseadan)Tremembé Formationof theTaubaté Basinin the state ofSão Paulo,Brazil. The type species isTaubacrex granivora.In the original description,Herculano Alvarengaclassified it as a member of familyRallidae.It provides the earliest fossil record ofgastrolithsin birds of the orderGalliformes.[1]
References
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- ^Mayr, Gerald (2009)Paleogene Fossil Birds.Berlin: Springer.ISBN978-3540896272
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