Pseudocrypturus
Pseudocrypturus is a genus of extinct paleognathous bird. One species is known, Pseudocrypturus cercanaxius. It is a relative of such modern birds as ostriches. It lived in the early Eocene. The holotype fossil is in the collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. It has catalog number USNM 336103. It was collected from the Fossil Butte Member, Green River Formation, Lincoln County, Wyoming.
| Pseudocrypturus Temporal range: Early Eocene | |
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| Head and neck of the holotype specimen in the Smithsonian Institution | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | †Lithornithiformes |
| Family: | †Lithornithidae |
| Genus: | †Pseudocrypturus (Houde, 1988) |
| Species | |
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†Pseudocrypturus cercanaxius | |
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