Species profile
Lithornis vulturinus
Lithornis vulturinus
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NEOTYPE: BMNH A 5204, partial specimen (see Houde, 1988: 25 – 26) originally referred to the musophagid (turaco) Promusophaga magnifica (Harrison and Walker, 1977) (see below). REFERRED SPECIMEN: MGUH 26770, articulated skeleton (fig. 2) from the Lower Eocene (ca. 55 Mya) Fur Formation of Denmark (Kristoffersen, 2001). This specimen is the first known member of the Lithornithidae in which the skull is completely preserved in three dimensions and is articulated with the postcranial skeleton (fig. 2 A).
- Scientific name
- Lithornis vulturinus
- Family
- Lithornithidae
- Genus
- Lithornis
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- Lithornis promiscuus (Lithornis promiscuus)
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