Palaeotyto
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Extinct genus of birds
| Palaeotyto | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes (?) |
| Family: | Sophiornithidae |
| Genus: | †Palaeotyto |
| Species: | †P. cadurcensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Palaeotyto cadurcensis Mourer-Chauviré, 1987
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Palaeotyto is an extinct genus of sophiornithid that lived during the Palaeogene period.
Distribution
[edit ]Palaeotyto cadurcensis is known from the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France.[1]
References
[edit ]- ^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021年11月13日. Retrieved 2025年03月18日.
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