Corvitalusoides
Extinct genus of birds
Corvitalusoides Temporal range: Late Oligocene to Early Miocene, 26–24 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Incertae sedis |
Genus: | Corvitalusoides Boles, 2006 |
Species: | C. grandiculus |
Binomial name | |
Corvitalusoides grandiculus Boles, 2006 |
Corvitalusoides grandiculus is an extinct species of songbird, in a monotypic genus of uncertain familial affinities, from the Late Oligocene or Early Miocene of northern Australia. It was described from a distal tibiotarsal fragment found at Riversleigh, in the Boodjamulla National Park of north-western Queensland. The bone size indicates that the bird was among the largest of songbirds, within the size range of ravens and lyrebirds.[1]
References
- ^ Boles, Walter E. (2006). "A new songbird (Aves: Passeriformes) from the mid-Cenozoic of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland". Alcheringa. 30 (Supplement 1): 31–37. doi:10.1080/03115510609506853. S2CID 83905663.
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Genera of passerines and their extinct allies
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Clade: Psittacopasseres
- Order: Passeriformes
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