Berruornis
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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 a Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo).[1]
Quick Facts Berruornis Temporal range: Paleocene-Eocene, Scientific classification ...
Berruornis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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 | |
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