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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Family: | † Quercymegapodiidae |
| Genus: | †
Taubacrex Alvarenga 1988 |
| Species: | †T. granivora
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| †Taubacrex granivora Alvarenga 1988
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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]
- ^ Mayr, Gerald (2009) Paleogene Fossil Birds. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 978-3540896272
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| Taubacrex | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Family: | † Quercymegapodiidae |
| Genus: | †
Taubacrex Alvarenga 1988 |
| Species: | †T. granivora
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| Binomial name | |
| †Taubacrex granivora Alvarenga 1988
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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]
- ^ Mayr, Gerald (2009) Paleogene Fossil Birds. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 978-3540896272
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