Biology:Austinornis

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Short description: Extinct genus of birds

Austinornis
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Santonian), 85 Ma
Scientific classification e
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

Wikidata ☰ Q107354086 entry