Berruornis
Berruornis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | ?Strigiformes |
Family: | Sophiornithidae |
Genus: | Berruornis Mourer-Chauviré, 1994 |
Species: | B. orbisantiqui |
Binomial name | |
Berruornis orbisantiqui Mourer-Chauviré, 1994 | |
Berruornis orbisantiqui was an early fossil owl or owl-like bird recovered from late Paleocene deposits in the region of Reims in northeastern France. It was about the size of an Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo).[1]
References
- ↑ Mourer-Chauvire, Cecile (1994). "A Large Owl from the Paleocene of France" (PDF). Palaeontology. 37 (2): 339–48. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
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