Sophiornis is an extinct genus of sophiornithid that lived during the Palaeogene period.
Distribution
Sophiornis quercynus is known from the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France.[1]
References
- ^ Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile (1987). "Les Strigiformes (Aves) des Phosphorites du Quercy (France): Systématique, Biostratigraphie et Paléobiogéographie" (PDF). Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie, Lyon. 99: 89–135.