Biology:Austinornis
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Short description: Extinct genus of birds
| Austinornis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Superorder: | Galloanserae |
| Clade: | Pangalliformes |
| Genus: | †Austinornis Clarke, 2004 |
| Type species | |
| †Austinornis lentus (Clarke, 2004)
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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
- ↑ 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. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/454/B286.?sequence=1.
Wikidata ☰ Q107354086 entry
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