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Bucorvus brailloni

Bucorvus brailloni
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Bucerotidae
Subfamily: Bucorvinae
Genus: Bucorvus
Species: B. brailloni
Binomial name
Bucorvus brailloni
(Brunet, 1971)

Bucorvus brailloni is an extinct ground hornbill. The only known fossil is of a femur dated to the Middle Miocene. It was found in Morocco, well north of the range of extant ground hornbill species.


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