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

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

  1. ^ Mayr, Gerald (2009). Paleogene Fossil Birds. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 113. ISBN 9783540896289.
  2. ^ 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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