Remiornis

Remiornis
Temporal range: Paleocene 58–55 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Superorder: Palaeognathae
Family: Remiornithidae
Genus: Remiornis
Binomial name
Remiornis heberti
Lemoine, 1881

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]

References

  1. Martin, L.D. (1992) The status of the Late Paleocene birds Gastornis and Remiornis. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (Sciences series), 36:97-108.
  2. Lemoine, V. (1881) Recherches sur les oiseaux fossiles des terrains tertiaires inférieurs des environs de Reims, deuxième partie . Matot-Braine , Reims , pp 75 – 170
  3. Gerald Mayr (2009). Paleogene Fossil Birds
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