Eocypselus
Genus of birds (fossil) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Eocypselus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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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