Septencoracias

Septencoracias
Temporal range: Eocene 54.2–53.9 Ma
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Holotype specimen of S. morsensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: †Primobucconidae
Genus: †Septencoracias
Bourdon et al., 2016
Type species
†Septencoracias morsensis
Bourdon et al., 2016
Other species
  • †S. simillimus Mayr & Kitchener, 2024[1]

Septencoracias is an extinct genus of bird related to modern rollers and other Coraciiformes such as kingfishers, bee-eaters, motmots, and todies. It contains two species, Septencoracias morsensis described in 2016,[2] and S. simillimus, which was named in 2024.[1] It was found in the Fur Formation of Denmark, dating back to the Ypresian of the Lower Eocene Epoch, about 54 million years ago. Septencoracias is one of the earliest known members of Coraciiformes, lending insight into the earliest radiation of this group.

  1. ^ a b Mayr, G.; Kitchener, A. C. (2024). "The Picocoraciades (hoopoes, rollers, woodpeckers, and allies) from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze". PalZ. 98 (2): 291–312. doi:10.1007/s12542-024-00687-9.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference bourdonetal2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).