Ventivorus

Extinct monotypic genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ventivorus is an extinct genus of nightjar represented by fossils found in the Le Bretou fossil site in Quercy.[1][2][3] The genus is only known from a single species, Ventivorus ragei.

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Clade:Strisores
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Ventivorus
Temporal range: Eocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Genus: Ventivorus
Mourer-Chauviré, 1988
Species:
V. ragei
Binomial name
Ventivorus ragei
Mourer-Chauviré, 1988
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