Perplexicervix

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Perplexicervix
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Neognathae
Genus: Perplexicervix
Mayr 2010
Type species
Perplexicervix microcephalon
Mayr 2010

Perplexicervix is a genus of bird appearing in the eleventh Mammal-Paleogene zone of Hessen, Germany. [1]

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References

  1. Mayr, G. (2010). "A new avian species with tubercle-bearing cervical vertebrae from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Germany)". Records of the Australian Museum . 62: 21–28. doi: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1537 .