Dynamopterus

Extinct species of bird From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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] Some fossils once thought to be Dynamopterus tuberculatus may actually belong to Perplexicervicidae, a newly identified group of birds with bumpy neck bones that might have helped protect them from predators.[3]

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Dynamopterus
Temporal range: Oligocene
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Dynamopterus
Milne-Edwards, 1892
Species:
D. velox
Binomial name
Dynamopterus velox
Milne-Edwards, 1892
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