Ventivorus is an extinct genus of nightjar represented by fossils found in the Le Bretou fossil site in Quercy.[1][2] The genus is only known from a single species, Ventivorus ragei.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | †Ventivorus Mourer-Chauviré, 1988 |
| Species: | †V. ragei
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| †Ventivorus ragei Mourer-Chauviré, 1988
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References
edit- ^ Manegold, Albrecht (June 2010). "First evidence for a nightjar (Caprimulgidae, Aves) in the early Pliocene of Langebaanweg, South Africa". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 90 (2): 163–168. Bibcode:2010PdPe...90..163M. doi:10.1007/s12549-010-0023-3. ISSN 1867-1594.
- ^ Chen, Albert; Field, Daniel (12 September 2024). "On the Origin of Nightjars (Caprimulgidae): Perspectives from the Fossil Record". Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge. doi:10.32942/X2B047.
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