Dynamopterus
Dynamopterus Temporal range: Oligocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cuculiformes
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Family: | Cuculidae |
Genus: | †Dynamopterus Milne-Edwards, 1892 |
Species: | †D. velox
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Binomial name | |
†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
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