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Pellornis Temporal range: 55.8–48.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Eocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	†Messelornithidae
Genus:	†Pellornis Bertelli et al., 2011
Type species
†Pellornis mikkelseni (Bertelli et al. 2011)

Pellornis is an extinct genus of gruiform bird from the Early Eocene of Denmark.

See also

• Dinosaur coloration

References

1. "†Pellornis Bertelli et al. 2011 (bird)". Fossilworks.
2. Bertelli, S. Chiappe, L.M. & Mayr, G. (2011) A new Messel rail from the Early Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark (Aves, Messelornithidae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9(4):551-562.
3. Musser, G. et al. (2019) New Material of Paleocene-Eocene Pellornis (Aves: Gruiformes) Clarifies the Pattern and Timing of the Extant Gruiform Radiation. Diversity, 11(7), 102; https://doi.org/10.3390/d11070102

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