Taubacrex

Taubacrex is an extinct genus of birds of the family Quercymegapodiidae from the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene (Deseadan) Tremembé Formation of the Taubaté Basin in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The type species is Taubacrex granivora. In the original description, Herculano Alvarenga classified it as a member of family Rallidae. It provides the earliest fossil record of gastroliths in birds of the order Galliformes.[1]

Taubacrex
Temporal range: Late Oligocene-Early Miocene (Deseadan)
~23 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: †Quercymegapodiidae
Genus: †Taubacrex
Alvarenga 1988
Species:
†T. granivora
Binomial name
†Taubacrex granivora
Alvarenga 1988

References
  1. Mayr, Gerald (2009) Paleogene Fossil Birds. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 978-3540896272


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