Pseudocrypturus

Pseudocrypturus is a genus of extinct paleognathous bird. Three species are known and the type species is Pseudocrypturus cercanaxius. It is a relative of such modern birds as ostriches. It lived in the early Eocene.
The holotype fossil is in the collection of the Smithsonian's National [Museum of Natural History]. It has catalog number USNM 336103. It was collected from the Fossil Butte Member, Green [River Formation], Lincoln [County, Wyoming].

Taxonomy

Pseudocrypturus means false tinamou. The species name cercanaxius comes from ancient Greek words, tail, and, worthless, in reference to the rudimentary pygostyle of this species.