Linquornis

Linquornis is a genus of peacock-sized Galliform bird that lived in Miocene of China; it consists one single species. Linquornis gigantis is the biggest bird fossil found in China.[1]

Linquornis
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Genus: †Linquornis
Species:
†L. gigantis
Binomial name
†Linquornis gigantis
Yeh 1980

References
  1. Zelenkov, N. V.; Kurochkin, E. N. (2010-05-01). "Neogene phasianids (Aves: Phasianidae) of Central Asia: 3. Genera Lophogallus gen. nov. and Syrmaticus". Paleontological Journal. 44 (3): 328–336. doi:10.1134/S0031030110030135. ISSN 1555-6174.


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