Berruornis Temporal range: Paleocene-Eocene |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | ?Strigiformes |
Family: | Sophiornithidae |
Genus: |
Berruornis Mourer-Chauviré, 1994 |
Species: | B. orbisantiqui |
Binomial name | |
Berruornis orbisantiqui Mourer-Chauviré, 1994 |
Berruornis orbisantiqui was an early fossil 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).