Paracathartes
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paracathartes-235-15516655
title:
Paracathartes
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Paracathartes is a genus of extinct bird from the Wasachtian horizon of lower Eocene Wyoming. One species, Paracathartes howardae has been described. It is a paleognathous bird, turkey-like in stature and size, that probably resembled a tinamou quite closely. Unlike other lithornithids but much like its modern relatives it was probably a poor flyer. Paracathartes was described by Harrison as the earliest known cathartid vulture. Rich criticized this assignment. Houde (1988) included it as a memb
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description:
Extinct genus of birds
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracathartes
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date modified:
2024-03-15T12:22:11Z
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