Sophiornis
| Sophiornis Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes (?) |
| Family: | Sophiornithidae |
| Genus: | † |
| Species: | †S. quercynus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Sophiornis quercynus Mourer-Chauviré, 1987
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Sophiornis is an extinct genus of sophiornithid that lived during the Palaeogene period.
Distribution
Sophiornis quercynus is known from the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France.[1]
References
- ^ Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile (1987). "Les Strigiformes (Aves) des Phosphorites du Quercy (France): Systématique, Biostratigraphie et Paléobiogéographie" (PDF). Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie, Lyon. 99: 89–135.