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| Corvitalusoides | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Suborder: | Passeri |
| Genus: | †Corvitalusoides Boles, 2006 |
| Species: | †C. grandiculus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Corvitalusoides grandiculus Boles, 2006 | |
Corvitalusoides grandiculus is an extinctspecies ofsongbird, in a monotypicgenus of uncertainfamilial affinities, from theLate Oligocene orEarly Miocene of northern Australia. It was described from adistaltibiotarsal fragment found atRiversleigh, in theBoodjamulla National Park of north-westernQueensland. The bone size indicates that the bird was among the largest of songbirds, within the size range ofravens andlyrebirds.[1]
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