Eocypselus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | † Eocypselidae |
Genus: | †
Eocypselus Harrison, 1984 |
Type species | |
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Eocypselus vincenti Harrison, 1984
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Eocypselus [1] is a genus of prehistoric birds believed to be ancestral to modern hummingbirds and swifts. [2] Five species of Eocypselus are currently known. [3] Compared with modern apodiforms, it was a better percher and had shorter wing feathers, and might have been nocturnal. [4]
Eocypselus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | † Eocypselidae |
Genus: | †
Eocypselus Harrison, 1984 |
Type species | |
†
Eocypselus vincenti Harrison, 1984
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Other species | |
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Eocypselus [1] is a genus of prehistoric birds believed to be ancestral to modern hummingbirds and swifts. [2] Five species of Eocypselus are currently known. [3] Compared with modern apodiforms, it was a better percher and had shorter wing feathers, and might have been nocturnal. [4]