The Eocene Zygodactyl Birds of North America (Aves: Piciformes)

Feduccia, Alan; Martin, Larry D.

dc.contributor.author	Feduccia, Alan
dc.contributor.author	Martin, Larry D.
dc.date.accessioned	2023-08-24T01:32:59Z
dc.date.available	2023-08-24T01:32:59Z
dc.date.issued	1976
dc.identifier.citation	Feduccia, Alan and Martin, Larry D. 1976. "<a href="http://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/117172">The Eocene Zygodactyl Birds of North America (Aves: Piciformes)</a>." In <em>Collected papers in avian paleontology honoring the 90th birthday of Alexander Wetmore</em>. 101–110. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. In <em> Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology</em>, 27. <a href="http://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.27.101">http://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.27.101</a>.
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10088/117172
dc.description.abstract	Recent discoveries of zygodactyl birds in the Eocene of Wyoming, along with reinterpretation of previously described taxa, show that these forms belong to an extinct family, affiliated with the Bucconidae, for which we here propose the name Primobucconidae. The genera <i>Primobucco</i>, <i>Neanis, Uintornis, Botauroides</i>, and a new genus, <i>Eobucco</i>, are assigned to this family, and three new species, <i>Primobucco olsoni, Uintornis marionae,</i> and <i>Eobucco brodkorbi</i> are described. Primobuc- conids appear to have been the dominant small perching birds of the Eocene of North America.
dc.format.extent	101–110
dc.publisher	Smithsonian Institution Press
dc.relation.ispartof	Collected papers in avian paleontology honoring the 90th birthday of Alexander Wetmore
dc.relation.ispartof	Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27 0081-0266 (print) ; 1943-6688 (online)
dc.title	The Eocene Zygodactyl Birds of North America (Aves: Piciformes)
dc.type	chapter
sro.identifier.refworksID	102196
sro.identifier.itemID	170291
sro.description.unit	nmnh
sro.description.unit	nh-paleobiology
sro.identifier.doi	10.5479/si.00810266.27.101
sro.identifier.url	http://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/117172
sro.publicationPlace	Washington, D.C.