Dynamopterus
| Dynamopterus Temporal range: Oligocene
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| Genus: | Dynamopterus
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| Species: | D. velox
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| Dynamopterus velox Milne-Edwards, 1892
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Dynamopterus velox is a prehistoric bird, known from a single large right humerus recovered in France. The humerus shares anatomical features with living cuckoos (though it is much larger).[1] It has also been classified in the suborder Cariamae in the Gruiformes.[2]
References
- ^ Mayr, Gerald (2009). Paleogene Fossil Birds. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 113. ISBN 9783540896289.
- ^ Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile (2013). "Idiornis Oberholser, 1899 (Aves, Gruiformes, Cariamae, Idiornithidae): a junior synonym of Dynamopterus Milne-Edwards, 1892 (Paleogene, Phosphorites du Quercy, France)" (PDF). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 270 (1): 13–22.
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