Remiornis Temporal range: Paleocene
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
Family: | †Remiornithidae Martin, 1992 |
Genus: | †Remiornis Lemoine, 1881 |
Species: | †R. heberti
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Binomial name | |
†Remiornis heberti Lemoine, 1881
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Remiornis heberti is an extinct species of paleognath bird from the Paleocene of France.[1][2] It is a species comparable in size to modern rheas, and possibly related to another European Paleogene ratite, Palaeotis.[3] In spite of being one of the oldest ratites in the world, it is often ignored for Gondwana vicariance narratives.[4]