Austinornis

Austinornis
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Santonian), 85 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Superorder: Galloanserae
Clade: Pangalliformes
Genus: Austinornis
Clarke, 2004
Type species
Austinornis lentus
(Clarke, 2004)
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

  1. ^ 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.
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