Remiornis Temporal range:
Paleocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
Family: | †
Remiornithidae Martin, 1992 |
Genus: | †
Remiornis Lemoine, 1881 |
Species: | †R. heberti
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Binomial name | |
†Remiornis heberti Lemoine, 1881
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Remiornis heberti is an extinct species of paleognath bird from the Paleocene of France. [1] [2] It is a species comparable in size to modern rheas, and possibly related to another European Paleogene ratite, Palaeotis. [3] In spite of being one of the oldest ratites in the world, it is often ignored for Gondwana vicariance narratives. [4]