Sophiornis
Extinct genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sophiornis is an extinct genus of sophiornithid that lived during the Palaeogene period.
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes (?) |
| Family: | Sophiornithidae |
| Genus: | †Sophiornis |
| Species: | †S. quercynus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Sophiornis quercynus Mourer-Chauviré, 1987 | |
Distribution
Sophiornis quercynus is known from the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France.[1]
References
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