Danielsraptor

Danielsraptor
Temporal range: early Eocene,
54.6–55 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: †Masillaraptoridae
Genus: †Danielsraptor
Mayr & Kitchener, 2022
Species:
†D. phorusrhacoides
Binomial name
†Danielsraptor phorusrhacoides
Mayr & Kitchener, 2022

Danielsraptor (meaning "Michael Daniels's thief") is an extinct genus of masillaraptorid bird from the Early Eocene (Ypresian) Walton Member of the London Clay Formation in Essex, United Kingdom. The genus contains a single species, D. phorusrhacoides, known from a partial skeleton.[1]

  1. ^ Mayr, Gerald; Kitchener, Andrew C. (2022-07-08). "New fossils from the London Clay show that the Eocene Masillaraptoridae are stem group representatives of falcons (Aves, Falconiformes)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41 (6): e2083515. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.2083515. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 250402777.