Linquornis
Extinct genus of birds
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Linquornis is a genus of peacock-sized Galliform bird that lived in Miocene of China; it consists one single species. Linquornis gigantis is the biggest bird fossil found in China.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Genus: | †Linquornis |
| Species: | †L. gigantis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Linquornis gigantis Yeh 1980 | |
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