Bucorvus brailloni
Extinct species of bird
Bucorvus brailloni Temporal range: Middle Miocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
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]
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