Corvitalusoides
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]
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| Genus: | Corvitalusoides Boles, 2006 |
| Species: | C. grandiculus |
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| Corvitalusoides grandiculus Boles, 2006 | |
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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