Picus peregrinabundus is a species of woodpecker from the late Miocene first described by Soviet scientist Umanskaja in 1981. It lived in what is now Ukraine. The species relationships have been called into question and need to be rechecked. The species is only known from a left tarsometatarsus.[1][2][3]
| Picus peregrinabundus Temporal range: Late Miocene,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Picus |
| Species: | P. peregrinabundus
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| Binomial name | |
| Picus peregrinabundus Umanskaja, 1981
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Paleoecology edit
Picus peregrinabundus lived with Gavia paradoxa and the falcon Falco medius, all in the Odesa region of the Ukraine near the city of Myhai. During its time Europe was covered by forests.[4][5]
References edit
- ^ "CENOZOIC BIRDS OF THE WORLD PART 1: EUROPE" (PDF).
- ^ Kessler, Jenő (Eugen) (2016). "Picidae in the European fossil, subfossil and recent bird faunas and their osteological characteristics". Ornis Hungarica. 24 (1): 96–114. doi:10.1515/orhu-2016-0006.
- ^ "Phylogeny, biogeography and systematics" (PDF). Neue Serie.
- ^ Hamon, N.; Sepulchre, P.; Donnadieu, Y.; Henrot, A. -J; François, L.; Jaeger, J. -J; Ramstein, G. (June 2012). "Growth of subtropical forests in Miocene Europe". Geology. 40 (6): 567–570. doi:10.1130/G32990.1.
- ^ "Odessa Region (Miocene of Ukraine)". PBDB.