Gatunek typowy
Laurillardia longirostris Milne-Edwards 1869: Late Eocene (Priabonian) of Paris, France

Opis

Tiny birds resembles the Eocene Messelirrisoridae in general morphology but beak shorter than Upupidae and Phoeniculidae.

Synonimy

Zasięg czasowy

Late Eocene to Early Oligocene (Priabonian to Rupelian; 34–30 Ma) of France and Poland.

Literatura

Flot, L. 1891. Description de deux oiseaux nouveaux du gypse parisien. Mém. Soc. Géol. Fr. Paléontol. 7:1‒10.

Mayr, G., Bochenski, Z.M., Tomek, T., Wertz, K., Bienkowska-Wasiluk, M. and Manegold, A. 2019. Skeletons from the early Oligocene of Poland fill a significant temporal gap in the fossil record of upupiform birds (hoopoes and allies). Historical Biology 32(9): 1163-1175.

Milne-Edwards, A. 1869. Recherches sur les Oiseaux fossiles, t. 2, p. 374.