Linquornis
{{Short description|Extinct genus of birds}}
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| name = Linquornis
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Miocene}}
| genus = Linquornis
| species = gigantis
| authority = Yeh 1980
}}
Linquornis is a genus of peacock-sized Galliform bird that lived in Miocene of China; it consists one single species. Linquornis gigantis is the biggest bird fossil found in China.{{Cite journal |last=Zelenkov |first=N. V. |last2=Kurochkin |first2=E. N. |date=2010-05-01 |title=Neogene phasianids (Aves: Phasianidae) of Central Asia: 3. Genera Lophogallus gen. nov. and Syrmaticus |url=https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030110030135 |journal=Paleontological Journal |language=en |volume=44 |issue=3 |pages=328–336 |doi=10.1134/S0031030110030135 |issn=1555-6174|url-access=subscription }}
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Category:Fossil taxa described in 1980
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