Ampoza ground roller Temporal range:
Holocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Coraciiformes |
Family: | Brachypteraciidae |
Genus: | Brachypteracias |
Species: | †B. langrandi
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Binomial name | |
†Brachypteracias langrandi Goodman, 2000
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The Ampoza ground roller (Brachypteracias langrandi) was a species of bird in the ground roller family Brachypteraciidae. [2] It is known only from a single humerus fossil discovered in 1929 in southwest Madagascar. [1] Little is known about the species, but it is suggested that the bird's habitat becoming more arid was a contributing factor in its demise. [1]
The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek brakhupteros, meaning short-winged. [3] The species was named in honour of Olivier Langrand, an ornithologist who had worked in Madagascar. [1]