Dynamopterus

Dynamopterus; Temporal range: Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Cuculiformes
Family:	Cuculidae
Genus:	†Dynamopterus; Milne-Edwards, 1892
Species:	†D. velox
Binomial name
	†Dynamopterus velox; Milne-Edwards, 1892
Synonyms
	?Idiornis Oberholser, 1899;

Dynamopterus velox is a prehistoric bird, known from a single large right humerus recovered in France. The humerus shares anatomical features with living cuckoos (though it is much larger).[1] It has also been classified in the suborder Cariamae in the Gruiformes.[2]

References

Mayr, Gerald (2009). Paleogene Fossil Birds. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 113. ISBN 9783540896289.
Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile (2013). "Idiornis Oberholser, 1899 (Aves, Gruiformes, Cariamae, Idiornithidae): a junior synonym of Dynamopterus Milne-Edwards, 1892 (Paleogene, Phosphorites du Quercy, France)" (PDF). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 270 (1): 13–22.

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[1] Mayr, Gerald (2009). Paleogene Fossil Birds. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 113. ISBN 9783540896289.

[2] Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile (2013). "Idiornis Oberholser, 1899 (Aves, Gruiformes, Cariamae, Idiornithidae): a junior synonym of Dynamopterus Milne-Edwards, 1892 (Paleogene, Phosphorites du Quercy, France)" (PDF). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 270 (1): 13–22.