''Taubacrex'' is an
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
genus of birds of the family
Quercymegapodiidae
Quercymegapodiidae is an extinct group of stem Galliformes birds with fossils found in France and Brazil.Mayr, Gerald (2009) ''Paleogene Fossil Birds''. Berlin: Springer.
References
Quercymegapodiidae,
Paleogene birds of Europe
Pale ...
from the
Late Oligocene to
Early Miocene (
Deseadan The Deseadan ( es, Deseadense) age is a period of geologic time (29.0–21.0 Ma) within the Oligocene epoch of the Paleogene to the Early Miocene epoch of the Neogene, used more specifically within the SALMA classification of South America. It fo ...
)
Tremembé Formation of the
Taubaté Basin in the state of
São Paulo, Brazil. The type species is ''Taubacrex granivora''. In the original description,
Herculano Alvarenga classified it as a member of family
Rallidae. It provides the earliest fossil record of
gastroliths in birds of the order
Galliformes.
[Mayr, Gerald (2009) ''Paleogene Fossil Birds''. Berlin: Springer. ]
References
Quercymegapodiidae
Paleogene birds of South America
Oligocene animals of South America
Miocene birds of South America
Deseadan
Paleogene Brazil
Neogene Brazil
Fossils of Brazil
Fossil taxa described in 1988
Tupi–Guarani languages
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