Biology:Bucorvus brailloni
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Short description: Extinct species of bird
Bucorvus brailloni Temporal range: Middle Miocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Bucerotiformes |
Family: | Bucorvidae |
Genus: | Bucorvus |
Species: | †B. brailloni
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Binomial name | |
†Bucorvus brailloni (Brunet, 1971)
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Bucorvus brailloni is an extinct ground hornbill. The only known fossil is of a femur dated to the Middle Miocene. It was found in Morocco, well north of the range of extant ground hornbill species.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Feduccia, Alan (1999). The Origin and Evolution of Birds. Yale University Press. p. 329. ISBN 0300078617.
- ↑ Kinnaird, Margaret F; O'brein, Timothy G (2008). The Ecology and Conservation of Asian Hornbills: Farmers of the Forest. University of Chicago Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-0226437125.
Wikidata ☰ Q4983626 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucorvus brailloni.
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