Bauxitornis
| Bauxitornis Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 85 Ma | |
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| Holotype left metatarsus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
| Clade: | †Euenantiornithes |
| Family: | †Avisauridae |
| Genus: | †Bauxitornis Dyke & Ősi, 2010 |
| Species: | † B. mindszentyae |
| Binomial name | |
| Bauxitornis mindszentyae Dyke & Ősi, 2010 | |
Bauxitornis is an extinct genus of avisaurid enantiornithine birds which existed in what is now Hungary during the late Cretaceous period (Santonian age).[1] It was named by Gareth J. Dyke and Attila Ősi in 2010, and the type species is Bauxitornis mindszentyae.[1]
References
- 1 2 Gareth J. Dyke, Attila Ősi (2010). "A review of Late Cretaceous fossil birds from Hungary". Geological Journal 45 (4): 434–444. doi:10.1002/gj.1209.
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