Barawertornis
| Barawertornis Temporal range: Possible Middle Miocene record | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Superorder: | Galloanserae |
| Family: | †Dromornithidae |
| Genus: | †Barawertornis Rich, 1979 |
| Species: | †B. tedfordi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Barawertornis tedfordi Rich, 1979 | |
Barawertornis is an extinct genus of cassowary-sized dromornithid known from Oligocene and Miocene deposits in Queensland and South Australia. Only a single species, B. tedfordi, is placed in this genus. It shows adaptations towards a cursorial lifestyle. Like other dromornithids, Barawertornis was probably a folivorous and frugivorous browser.