Dynamopterus
Dynamopterus Temporal range: Oligocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Subclass: | Neornithes |
Order: | Cuculiformes |
Family: | Cuculidae |
Genus: | Dynamopterus |
Species: | D. velox |
Binomial name | |
Dynamopterus velox Milne-Edwards, 1892 | |
Dynamopterus velox is a prehistoric bird, known from a single large right humerus recovered in France. The humerus shares anatomical features with living cuckoos (though it is much larger).[1] It has also been classified in the suborder Cariamae in the Gruiformes.[2]
References
- ↑ Mayr, Gerald (2009). Paleogene Fossil Birds. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 113. ISBN 9783540896289.
- ↑ Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile (2013). "Idiornis Oberholser, 1899 (Aves, Gruiformes, Cariamae, Idiornithidae): a junior synonym of Dynamopterus Milne-Edwards, 1892 (Paleogene, Phosphorites du Quercy, France)" (PDF). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 270 (1): 13–22.
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