''Linquornis'' is a genus of peacock-sized

Galliform Galliformes is an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkeys, chickens, quail, and other landfowl. Gallinaceous birds, as they are called, are important in their ecosystems as seed dispersers and predators, and are often r ...

bird that lived in

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recent" ...

of China; it consists one single species. ''Linquornis gigantis'' is the biggest bird fossil found in China.

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Miocene birds Fossil taxa described in 1980 {{galliformes-stub