Kingdom Animalia Family †Lithornithidae Rank Genus | Class Aves Phylum Chordata Order Lithornithidae | |
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Similar Lithornithidae, Lithornis, Ludiortyx | ||
Pseudocrypturus is a genus of extinct paleognathous bird. One species is known, Pseudocrypturus cercanaxius. It is a relative of such modern birds as ostriches. It lived in the early Eocene.
The holotype fossil is in the collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. It has catalog number USNM 336103. It was collected from the Fossil Butte Member, Green River Formation, Lincoln County, Wyoming, USA.
Etymology
Pseudocrypturus means false tinamou. The species name cercanaxius comes from ancient Greek words kerkion, tail, and anaxios, worthless, in reference to the rudientary pygostyle of this species.
References
Pseudocrypturus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA