Mullerornis

Mullerornis Temporal range: Quaternary PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Restoration of Mullerornis agilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	†Aepyornithiformes
Family:	†Aepyornithidae
Genus:	†Mullerornis Milne-Edwards & Grandidier 1894
Species
Mullerornis betsilei Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, 1894 Mullerornis agilis Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, 1894 Mullerornis rudis Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, 1894
Synonyms
Flacourtia Andrews 1895 non Comm. ex L'Her. 1786

Mullerornis is the smaller of the two genera of extinct elephant birds (Aepyornithidae) of Madagascar (the other is Aepyornis). Species include Mullerornis agilis Milne-Edwards and A. Grandidier, 1894, and M. grandis Lamberton, 1934. A bone possibly belonging to Mullerornis has been radiocarbon dated to about 1260 BP, suggesting that the animal was still extant at the end of the first millennium.

The genus is named after Georges Muller, a French explorer who was killed in 1892 by hostile members of the Sakalava people.