Mullerornis

Mullerornis
Temporal range:
Life restoration
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Palaeognathae
Order: †Aepyornithiformes
Genus: †Mullerornis
Milne-Edwards & Grandidier 1894
Type species
Mullerornis betsilei
Milne-Edwards & Grandidier 1894
Species
  • M. modestus (Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, 1869) Hansford & Turvey 2018
Map of Madagascar showing where specimens have been found
Synonyms
  • Flacourtia Andrews 1895
  • Aepyornis modestus Milne-Edwards & Grandidier 1869
  • Mullerornis agilis Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, 1894
  • Mullerornis betsilei Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, 1894
  • Mullerornis rudis Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, 1894
  • Flacourtia rudis (Milne-Edwards & Grandidier 1894) Andrews 1895
  •  ?Mullerornis grandis Lamberton 1934

Mullerornis modestus is an extinct species of elephant bird, and the only member of the genus Mullerornis.

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