Dynamopterus velox Milne-Edwards 1891 (bird)

Aves - Gruiformes - Idiornithidae

Synonym: Idiornis cursor Milne-Edwards 1892

Belongs to Dynamopterus according to C. Mourer-Chauvire 2013

See also Gaillard 1908, Lambrecht 1933 and Mlikovsky 2002

Sister taxa: Dynamopterus boulei, Dynamopterus gaillardi, Dynamopterus gallicus, Dynamopterus gracilis, Dynamopterus minor, Dynamopterus tuberculatus

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Near Caylus (old Quercy collection) (Oligocene of France)

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