Palaeobyas
| Palaeobyas Temporal range:  
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Aves | 
| Order: | Strigiformes (?) | 
| Family: | Sophiornithidae | 
| Genus: | † | 
| Species: | †P. cracrafti 
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| Binomial name | |
| †Palaeobyas cracrafti Mourer-Chauviré, 1987 
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Palaeobyas is an extinct genus of sophiornithid that lived during the Palaeogene period.
Distribution
Palaeobyas cracrafti 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.