Menura tyawanoides

Menura tyawanoides
Temporal range: Early Miocene,
Speculative life restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Menuridae
Genus: Menura
Species:
M. tyawanoides
Binomial name
Menura tyawanoides
Boles, 1995

Menura tyawanoides is an extinct species of lyrebird from northeast Australia that lived during the Early Miocene. Its fossils are known from a single site located at the Riversleigh World Heritage Area. It was smaller than the two living species of lyrebirds.

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