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    Bucorvus brailloni

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    Short description: Extinct species of bird

    Bucorvus brailloni
    Temporal range: Middle Miocene
    Scientific classification edit
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Aves
    Order: Bucerotiformes
    Family: Bucorvidae
    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

    1. Feduccia, Alan (1999). The Origin and Evolution of Birds. Yale University Press. p. 329. ISBN 0300078617. 
    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 978-0226437125. 

    Wikidata ☰ Q4983626 entry



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