Berruornis | |
---|---|
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Strigiformes (?) |
Family: | Sophiornithidae |
Genus: | †Berruornis Mourer-Chauviré, 1994 |
Species: | †B. orbisantiqui
|
Binomial name | |
†Berruornis orbisantiqui Mourer-Chauviré, 1994
|
Berruornis orbisantiqui was an early fossil owl or owl-like bird recovered from late Paleocene deposits in the region of Reims in northeastern France. It was about the size of a Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo).[1]
References
- ^ Mourer-Chauvire, Cecile (1994). "A Large Owl from the Paleocene of France" (PDF). Palaeontology. 37 (2): 339–48. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2010.