Corvitalusoides
Corvitalusoides Temporal range: Late Oligocene to Early Miocene,
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Class: | Aves
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Order: | Passeriformes
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Genus: | Corvitalusoides , 2006
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Species: | C. grandiculus
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Binomial name | |
Corvitalusoides grandiculus Boles, 2006
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Corvitalusoides grandiculus is an extinct species of songbird, in a monotypic genus of uncertain familial affinities, from the Late Oligocene or Early Miocene of northern Australia. It was described from a distal tibiotarsal fragment found at Riversleigh, in the Boodjamulla National Park of north-western Queensland. The bone size indicates that the bird was among the largest of songbirds, within the size range of ravens and lyrebirds.[1]
References[]
- ^ Boles, Walter E. (2006). "A new songbird (Aves: Passeriformes) from the mid-Cenozoic of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland". Alcheringa. 30 (Supplement 1): 31–37. doi:10.1080/03115510609506853. S2CID 83905663.
Categories:
- Fossil taxa described in 2006
- Extinct monotypic bird genera
- Songbirds
- Oligocene birds
- Miocene birds
- Oligocene birds of Australia
- Riversleigh fauna
- Miocene birds of Australia
- Prehistoric bird genera
- Passerine stubs
- Prehistoric bird stubs