Patagopterygiformes Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 85–70 Ma | |
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File:Patagopteryx skeleton.jpg | |
Skeleton restoration of Patagopteryx deferrariisi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Euornithes |
Clade: | †Patagopterygiformes Alvarenga & Bonaparte, 1992 |
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Patagopterygiformes is a group of large Mesozoic ground birds from South America. It contains at most two species: Patagopteryx deferrariisi, and Alamitornis minutus.[1]
References[]
- ^ Federico L. Agnolin and Agustín G. Martinelli (2009). "Fossil birds from the Late Cretaceous Los Alamitos Formation, Río Negro Province, Argentina". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 47 (4): 399–310. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2008.09.003.
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