Category:Prehistoric birds
This is a category for birds that are only known from fossil evidence or oral traditions.
Several early taxa are not unequivocally classified as birds or non-avian dinosaurs; for these, both inclusion in this category and Category:Feathered dinosaurs is feasible. As soon as a taxon is generally accepted to be a bird or a non-avian dinosaur, it should only be listed in one of the aforementioned categories as appropriate.
A note on the use of subcategories and page listings:
A page should be listed here if it deals with:
- a taxon above the rank of genus
- a genus or species which occurred over several geologic periods.
Other genera, species and subspecies should be listed under the appropriate subcategory.
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Subcategories
This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total.
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- Lists of prehistoric birds (3 P)
C
E
- Elephant birds (3 P)
G
L
- Late Quaternary prehistoric birds (147 P)
M
P
- Prehistoric bird families (38 P)
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- Prehistoric bird stubs (334 P)
Pages in category "Prehistoric birds"
The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.