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Alamitornis

Alamitornis
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
~70–66 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: †Patagopterygiformes
Genus: †Alamitornis
Agnolin & Martinelli 2009
Species:
†A. minutus
Binomial name
†Alamitornis minutus
Agnolin & Martinelli 2009

Alamitornis is an extinct genus of basal ornithuromorph dinosaurs, possibly within the family Patagopterygidae. Remains have been found in the Upper Cretaceous Los Alamitos Formation at Los Alamitos, Río Negro Province, Argentina.[1] It was first named by Federico L. Agnolin and Agustín G. Martinelli in 2009 and the type species is Alamitornis minutus.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Federico L. Agnolin and Agustín G. Martinelli (2009). "Fossil birds from the Late Cretaceous Los Alamitos Formation, Río Negro Province, Argentina". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 27 (1). Elsevier: 42–49. Bibcode:2009JSAES..27...42A. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2008.09.003. ISSN 0895-9811. OCLC 263598913.


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