Palaeobyas
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes (?) |
| Family: | Sophiornithidae |
| Genus: | †Palaeobyas |
| Species: | †P. cracrafti
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| †Palaeobyas cracrafti Mourer-Chauviré, 1987
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Palaeobyas is an extinct genus of sophiornithid that lived during the Palaeogene period.
Distribution
[edit]Palaeobyas cracrafti is known from the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
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