The Eocene Zygodactyl Birds of North America (Aves: Piciformes)
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Recent discoveries of zygodactyl birds in the Eocene of Wyoming, along with reinterpretation of previously described taxa, show that these forms belong to an extinct family, affiliated with the Bucconidae, for which we here propose the name Primobucconidae. The genera Primobucco, Neanis, Uintornis, Botauroides, and a new genus, Eobucco, are assigned to this family, and three new species, Primobucco olsoni, Uintornis marionae, and Eobucco brodkorbi are described. Primobuc- conids appear to have been the dominant small perching birds of the Eocene of North America.
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Feduccia, Alan and Martin, Larry D. 1976. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/117172">The Eocene Zygodactyl Birds of North America (Aves: Piciformes)</a>." In <em>Collected papers in avian paleontology honoring the 90th birthday of Alexander Wetmore</em>. 101–110. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. In <em> Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology</em>, 27. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.27.101">https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.27.101</a>.