Dynamopterus Explained

Dynamopterus velox is a prehistoric bird, known from a single large right humerus recovered in France. The humerus shares anatomical features with living cuckoos (though it is much larger).[1] It has also been classified in the suborder Cariamae in the Gruiformes.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mayr, Gerald . Paleogene Fossil Birds . 113 . 2009 . Springer Science & Business Media . 9783540896289.
  2. Mourer-Chauviré . Cécile . Idiornis Oberholser, 1899 (Aves, Gruiformes, Cariamae, Idiornithidae): a junior synonym of Dynamopterus Milne-Edwards, 1892 (Paleogene, Phosphorites du Quercy, France) . Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen . 270. 1 . 2013. 13–22 . 10.1127/0077-7749/2013/0355 .

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