Dynamopterus
| Dynamopterus Temporal range: Oligocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 | |
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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). It has also been classified in the suborder Cariamae in the Gruiformes.
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