Austinornis
Austinornis Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Santonian),
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Superorder: | Galloanserae |
Clade: | Pangalliformes |
Genus: | †Austinornis Clarke, 2004 |
Type species | |
†Austinornis lentus (Clarke, 2004)
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Synonyms | |
Ichthyornis lentus (Marsh, 1877) |
Austinornis is a genus of prehistoric birds related to Galliformes. It is known from a fossil partial tarsometatarsus from the Late Cretaceous of Texas.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Clarke, J.A. (2004). "Morphology, phylogenetic taxonomy, and systematics of Ichthyornis and Apatornis (Avialae: Ornithurae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 286: 1–179. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2004)286<0001:mptaso>2.0.co;2. hdl:2246/454. S2CID 84035285.