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{{short description|Extinct species of bird}} |
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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 [[cuckoo]]s (though it is much larger).<ref>{{cite book | last=Mayr | first=Gerald | url=https://books.google.com |
'''''Dynamopterus velox''''' is a prehistoric [[bird]], known from a single large right humerus recovered in France. The humerus shares anatomical features with living [[cuckoo]]s (though it is much larger).<ref>{{cite book | last=Mayr | first=Gerald | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P_TB72RBLLMC&pg=PA113&lpg=PA113 | title=Paleogene Fossil Birds | page=113 | year=2009 | publisher=Springer Science & Business Media | isbn=9783540896289}}</ref> It has also been classified in the suborder Cariamae in the Gruiformes.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Mourer-Chauviré |first= Cécile |title=''Idiornis'' Oberholser, 1899 (Aves, Gruiformes, Cariamae, Idiornithidae): a junior synonym of ''Dynamopterus'' Milne-Edwards, 1892 (Paleogene, Phosphorites du Quercy, France) |journal= Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen | volume=270|issue=1 |year=2013|pages= 13–22 |doi= 10.1127/0077-7749/2013/0355 | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279151190}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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[[Category:Oligocene birds]] |
[[Category:Oligocene birds]] |
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[[Category:Paleogene France]] |
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[[Category:Fossils of France]] |
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[[Category:Quercy Phosphorites Formation]] |
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Latest revision as of 14:08, 31 December 2023
| Dynamopterus Temporal range: Oligocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | †Dynamopterus Milne-Edwards, 1892 |
| 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
[edit]- ^ 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)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 270 (1): 13–22. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2013/0355.
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