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Zygodactylidae is a
family of
extinct birds found in
Europe and
North America from the
Eocene epoch to the
Middle Miocene.
First named in 1971,
based on...
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trait shared with
other tree-dwelling
families of
Eocene birds like the
Zygodactylidae and the messelasturids. The
skull of
halcyornithids features a ridge...
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families and genera, from the
Early Eocene Neanis and H****iavis, the
Zygodactylidae/Primoscenidae, Gracilitarsidae, Sylphornithidae, and "Homalopus", to...
- †Minutornis †
Zygodactylidae Eozygodactylus Primoscens Primozygodactylus Zygodactylus P****eriformes See P****eriformes...
- †Minutornis †
Zygodactylidae Eozygodactylus Primoscens Primozygodactylus Zygodactylus P****eriformes See P****eriformes...
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trochlea is
characterised by
large size (compared to
Psittacopedidae and
Zygodactylidae) and a
cylindrical shape that
allows little rotational movement of the...
- †Minutornis †
Zygodactylidae Eozygodactylus Primoscens Primozygodactylus Zygodactylus P****eriformes See P****eriformes...
- †Minutornis †
Zygodactylidae Eozygodactylus Primoscens Primozygodactylus Zygodactylus P****eriformes See P****eriformes...
- it as more
closely related to the p****erines and the
extinct family Zygodactylidae. Mayr, Gerald; Kitchener,
Andrew C. (2022-11-14). "Psittacopedids and...
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Psittaciformes P****erimorphae
Sibley et al., 1988 †Psittacopedidae Parap****eres Mayr, 2015 †
Zygodactylidae P****eriformes
Synonyms Psittacop****erae Suh et al., 2011...
