Biology:Horusornis
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Short description: Extinct family of birds
| Horusornis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | †Horusornithidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1991 |
| Genus: | †Horusornis Mourer-Chauviré, 1991 |
| Species: | †H. vianeyliaudae
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| Binomial name | |
| †Horusornis vianeyliaudae Mourer-Chauviré, 1991
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Horusornis is a prehistoric bird of prey that has been assigned to Accipitriformes. Its name means "Horus-bird", after the Egyptian god Horus who was sometimes depicted as a falcon.
Horusornis vianeyliaudae is the only known species. It lived approximately at the end of the Eocene, some 35 mya in what today is France . Its fossils were found in Quercy.
References
- Mourer-Chauviré, C. (1991) Les horusornithidae nov. fam., accipitriformes (Aves) a articulation intertarsienne hyperflexible de l'éocene du Quercy. Geobios, 24:183-192
Wikidata ☰ Q3786843 entry
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