Halcyornis
Extinct genus of birds / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Halcyornis is an extinct genus of halcyornithid bird. It is known from a single neurocranium from the Early Eocene London Clay of southeastern England, and contains a single species, Halcyornis toliapicus. The type specimen of Halcyornis was the first fossil bird to be scientifically named.
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Halcyornis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Eufalconimorphae |
Family: | †Halcyornithidae |
Genus: | †Halcyornis Owen, 1846 |
Type species | |
†Larus toliapicus (König 1825) |
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