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Ampoza ground roller

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Ampoza ground roller
Temporal range: Holocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Brachypteraciidae
Genus: Brachypteracias
Species:
B. langrandi
Binomial name
Brachypteracias langrandi
Goodman, 2000[1]

The Ampoza ground roller (Brachypteracias langrandi) was a species of bird in the ground roller family Brachypteraciidae.[2] It is known only from a single humerus fossil discovered in 1929 in southwest Madagascar.[1] Little is known about the species, but it is suggested that the bird's habitat becoming more arid was a contributing factor in its demise.[1]

Taxonomy and systematics

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The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek brakhupteros, meaning short-winged.[3] The species was named in honour of Olivier Langrand, an ornithologist who had worked in Madagascar.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Goodman, Steven M. (2000). "A description of a new species of Brachypteracias (Family Brachypteraciidae) from the Holocene of Madagascar". Ostrich. 71 (1–2): 318–322. doi:10.1080/00306525.2000.9639941.
  2. ^ Hume, Julian P. (2017). Extinct Birds (2nd ed.). Bloomsbury Natural History. ISBN 978-1-472-93745-2.
  3. ^ Jobling, J. A. (2017). Brachypteracias in Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.) (2017). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from www.hbw.com).