Berruornis Temporal range: Paleocene – Eocene | |
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An artist's illustration of Berruornis orbisantiqui | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebra |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | ?Strigiformes |
Family: | †Sophiornithidae |
Genus: | †Berruornis Mourer-Chauviré, 1994 |
Species: | †B. orbisantiqui |
Binomial name | |
†Berruornis orbisantiqui Mourer-Chauviré, 1994 |
Berruornis is an extinct genus of early owl or owl-like bird recovered from late Paleocene deposits in the region of Reims in northeastern France. It was about the size of a Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo).