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Foro panarium
Extinct genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Foro panarium is an extinct bird of disputed taxonomic status that lived during the early to mid-Eocene around the Ypresian-Lutetian boundary, some 48 million years ago. F. panarium is known from fossils found in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.
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The taxonomical relations of F. panarium remain unclear. It is sometimes placed in a distinct family Foratidae. It was considered possibly related to cuckoos, turacos and/or the puzzling hoatzin of the Amazon.[1] A phylogenetic analysis conducted by Field & Hsiang (2018) indicated that F. panarium was a stem-turaco.[2]
Its scientifc name is a Latin / German / English pun in homage to ornithologist Pierce Brodkorb.[citation needed]
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