Diogenornis

Diogenornis
Diogenornis
Temporal range: Paleocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Rheiformes
Family: Opistodactylidae
Genus: Diogenornis
Alvarena, 1983
Species

D. fragilis Alvarena, 1983 (type)

Diogenornis is an extinct genus of ratite which lived during the Paleocene. It was described in 1983 by Brazilian scientist Herculano Marcos Ferraz de Alvarenga. The type species is D. fragilis.

References

  • The Origin and Evolution of Birds by Alan Feduccia
  • Dinosaurs of the Air: The Evolution and Loss of Flight in Dinosaurs and Birds by Gregory S. Paul
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