Eurotrochilus
| Eurotrochilus Temporal range: Rupelian | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Eurotrochilus Mayr, 2004 |
| Species | |
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Eurotrochilus is an extinct genus of primitive hummingbird. Its fossils come from the Rupelian stage of the early Oligocene of Germany, Poland and France.
Sources
- http://www.springerlink.com/index/3753080U72147545.pdf
- http://www.eurekalert.org/features/kids/2004-05/aaft-woh020805.php
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