Bucorvus brailloni

Bucorvus brailloni; Temporal range: Middle Miocene
Conservation status
	; Extinct (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Coraciiformes
Family:	Bucerotidae
Subfamily:	Bucorvinae
Genus:	Bucorvus
Species:	B. brailloni
Binomial name
	Bucorvus brailloni; (Brunet, 1971)

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. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |2= (help)
^ 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 0226437124. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |2= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)

[hornbill-1] Feduccia, Alan (1999). The Origin and Evolution of Birds. Yale University Press. p. 329. ISBN 0300078617. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |2= (help)

[Kinnaird-2] 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 0226437124. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |2= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)

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