Bucorvus brailloni

Bucorvus brailloni; Temporal range: Middle Miocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Class:	Aves
Order:	Bucerotiformes
Family:	Bucorvidae
Genus:	Bucorvus
Species:	†B. brailloni
Binomial name
	†Bucorvus brailloni; (Brunet, 1971)

Bucorvus brailloni is an extinct ground hornbill. The only known fossil is of a femur dated to the Middle Miocene. It was found in Morocco, well north of the range of extant ground hornbill species.[1][2]

References

Feduccia, Alan (1999). The Origin and Evolution of Birds. Yale University Press. p. 329. ISBN 0300078617.
Kinnaird, Margaret F; O'brein, Timothy G (2008). The Ecology and Conservation of Asian Hornbills: Farmers of the Forest. University of Chicago Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-0226437125.

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[hornbill-1] Feduccia, Alan (1999). The Origin and Evolution of Birds. Yale University Press. p. 329. ISBN 0300078617.

[Kinnaird-2] Kinnaird, Margaret F; O'brein, Timothy G (2008). The Ecology and Conservation of Asian Hornbills: Farmers of the Forest. University of Chicago Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-0226437125.