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Sophiornis Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Strigiformes (?) |
Family: | Sophiornithidae |
Genus: | † Sophiornis |
Species: | †S. quercynus |
Binomial name | |
†Sophiornis quercynus Mourer-Chauviré, 1987 | |
Sophiornis is an extinct genus of sophiornithid that lived during the Palaeogene period.
Sophiornis quercynus is known from the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France. [1]