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Bucorvus brailloni

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Extinct species of bird

Bucorvus brailloni
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Bucerotiformes
Family: Bucorvidae
Genus: Bucorvus
Species: †B. brailloni
Binomial name
†Bucorvus brailloni
(Brunet, 1971)

Bucorvus brailloni is an extinct ground hornbill. The only known fossil is of a femur dated to the Middle Miocene. It was found in Morocco, well north of the range of extant ground hornbill species.

References

  1. Feduccia, Alan (1999). The Origin and Evolution of Birds. Yale University Press. p. 329. ISBN 0300078617.
  2. Kinnaird, Margaret F; O'brein, Timothy G (2008). The Ecology and Conservation of Asian Hornbills: Farmers of the Forest. University of Chicago Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-0226437125.


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