Serudaptus
Serudaptus is an extinct genus of halcyornithid bird from the Middle Eocene Messel pit in Hesse, Germany. The genus contains one species, Serudaptus pohli, and is known for long, raptorial claws on its zygodactyl feet.
| Serudaptus Temporal range: | |
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| Cast of the holotype of Serudaptus at the Natural History Museum of Vienna | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Eufalconimorphae |
| Family: | †Halcyornithidae |
| Genus: | †Serudaptus Mayr, 2000 |
| Type species | |
| †Serudaptus pohli (Mayr, 2000) | |
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