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| Horusornis Temporal range:Late Eocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | †Horusornithidae Mourer-Chauviré, 1991 |
| Genus: | †Horusornis Mourer-Chauviré, 1991 |
| Species: | †H. vianeyliaudae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Horusornis vianeyliaudae Mourer-Chauviré, 1991 | |
Horusornis is aprehistoricbird of prey in the orderAccipitriformes. Its name means "Horus-bird", after the Egyptian god Horus who was sometimes depicted as afalcon.
Horusornis vianeyliaudae is the only known species. It lived approximately at the end of theEocene, some 35mya in what today isFrance. Itsfossils were found inQuercy.
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