Ventivorus

Ventivorus; Temporal range: Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Caprimulgiformes
Family:	Caprimulgidae
Genus:	†Ventivorus; Mourer-Chauviré, 1988
Species:	†V. ragei
Binomial name
	†Ventivorus ragei; Mourer-Chauviré, 1988

Ventivorus is an extinct genus of nightjar represented by fossils found in the Le Bretou fossil site in Quercy.^[1]^[2] The genus is only known from a single species, Ventivorus ragei.

References

^ Manegold, Albrecht (June 2010). "First evidence for a nightjar (Caprimulgidae, Aves) in the early Pliocene of Langebaanweg, South Africa". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 90 (2): 163–168. Bibcode:2010PdPe...90..163M. doi:10.1007/s12549-010-0023-3. ISSN 1867-1594.
^ Chen, Albert; Field, Daniel (12 September 2024). "On the Origin of Nightjars (Caprimulgidae): Perspectives from the Fossil Record". Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge. doi:10.32942/X2B047.

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[1] Manegold, Albrecht (June 2010). "First evidence for a nightjar (Caprimulgidae, Aves) in the early Pliocene of Langebaanweg, South Africa". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 90 (2): 163–168. Bibcode:2010PdPe...90..163M. doi:10.1007/s12549-010-0023-3. ISSN 1867-1594.

[2] Chen, Albert; Field, Daniel (12 September 2024). "On the Origin of Nightjars (Caprimulgidae): Perspectives from the Fossil Record". Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge. doi:10.32942/X2B047.

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