Paracoracias

Paracoracias
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Genus: †
Species:
†P. occidentalis
Binomial name
†Paracoracias occidentalis
Clarke et. al., 2009

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

  1. ^ 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.


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