Biology:Alamitornis
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Short description: Extinct genus of birds
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Clade: | †Patagopterygiformes |
| Genus: | †Alamitornis Agnolin & Martinelli 2009 |
| Species: | †A. minutus
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| †Alamitornis minutus Agnolin & Martinelli 2009
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Alamitornis is an extinct genus of basal ornithuromorph bird, possible 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 (Elsevier) 27 (1): 42–49. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2008.09.003. ISSN 0895-9811. OCLC 263598913. Bibcode: 2009JSAES..27...42A.
Wikidata ☰ Q4705934 entry
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