Palaeobyas

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Palaeobyas
Temporal range: Palaeogene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes (?)
Family: Sophiornithidae
Genus: Palaeobyas
Species:
P. cracrafti
Binomial name
Palaeobyas cracrafti
Mourer-Chauviré, 1987

Palaeobyas is an extinct genus of sophiornithid that lived during the Palaeogene period.

Distribution

Palaeobyas cracrafti is known from the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France. [1]

References

  1. Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile (1987). "Les Strigiformes (Aves) des Phosphorites du Quercy (France): Systématique, Biostratigraphie et Paléobiogéographie" (PDF). Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie, Lyon. 99: 89–135.