-
considered a
primitive hemiprocnid. This
would suggest that the
major apodiform lineages diverged shortly after the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary. However...
- Five
species of
Eocypselus are
currently known.
Compared with
modern apodiforms, it was a
better percher and had
shorter wing feathers, and
might have...
-
respective to
Apodiformes (hummingbirds, swifts, and treeswifts), with
apodiform birds nesting deeply within caprimulgiformes and a
sister taxon to the...
-
Aegialornis is a
genus of
prehistoric apodiform birds. It
formed a
distinct family, the Aegialornithidae, and was in some ways
intermediate between modern...
-
Apodiformes in
hummingbirds and swifts. "Reappraisal of Eocypselus—a stem
group apodiform from the
early Eocene of
Northern Europe" (PDF). www.senckenberg.de. Retrieved...
- PMID 22140427. Mayr, Gerald; Kitchener,
Andrew C. (2024-06-07). "The non-
apodiform Strisores (potoos,
nightjars and
allied birds) from the
early Eocene London...
-
sulid Lapillavis, a
possible trogonid relative Cypseloramphus, a
basal apodiform The
Messelasturidae (Messelastur and Tynskya),
carnivorous relatives of...
-
Primapus is an
extinct genus of
apodiform bird from the
Early Eocene of the
United Kingdom. Its
fossils were
found in the
London Clay,
which was deposited...
- distribution). The name
Daedalornithes is also been used for the owlet-night-
apodiform clade.
Daedalornithes and
Apodimorphae have
different definitions. Daedalornithes...
- a high
taxonomic and
ecological diversity of
early Eocene swift-like
apodiform birds". Ibis. 166 (advance
online publication): 1199–1217. doi:10.1111/ibi...
