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Linquornis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Genus: | †Linquornis |
Species: | †L. gigantis
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Binomial name | |
†Linquornis gigantis Yeh 1980
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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]