Sophiornithidae
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sophiornithidae-251-4890959
title:
Sophiornithidae
text:
The Sophiornithidae are an extinct family of chicken-sized predatory birds that lived from the Paleocene to the Eocene periods of the Cenozoic, and were found primarily in Europe, and are thought to be primitive owls. The French genera Berruornis, as well as Palaeotyto and Palaeobyas from Quercy, are sometimes placed in this family. The latter might instead be barn-owls, while the first might be a very basal owl but not an actual sophiornithid. Strigogyps was placed here for a time, but it has b
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Extinct family of birds
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophiornithidae
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date modified:
2024-04-03T10:26:57Z
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13
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