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†Plesiocathartes
Gaillard, 1908 |
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Plesiocathartes is an extinct genus of birds that lived during the EocenetoOligocene period. It currently presents 5 species from Europe and North America. It was originally described related to New World vultures, but however recent studies has uncovered that the genus was more closely related to the cuckoo roller from Madagascar.
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