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Horusornis Temporal range: Late Eocene | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | †Horusornithidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1991 |
Genus: | †Horusornis Mourer-Chauviré, 1991 |
Species: |
†H. vianeyliaudae
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Binomial name | |
†Horusornis vianeyliaudae Mourer-Chauviré, 1991 |
Horusornis is a prehistoric bird of prey that has been assigned to Accipitriformes. Its name means "Horus-bird", after the Egyptian god Horus who was sometimes depicted as a falcon.
Horusornis vianeyliaudae is the only known species. It lived approximately at the end of the Eocene, some 35 mya in what today is France. Its fossils were found in Quercy.
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