Sophiornis

Sophiornis
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes (?)
Family: Sophiornithidae
Genus: †
Species:
†S. quercynus
Binomial name
†Sophiornis quercynus
Mourer-Chauviré, 1987

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

  1. ^ 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.


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