Cimoliornis
| Cimoliornis Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 80 Ma | |
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| Holotype | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Clade: | †Azhdarchoidea |
| Genus: | †Cimoliornis Owen, 1846 |
| Type species | |
| †Cimoliornis diomedeus Owen, 1846 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ornithocheirus diomedeus (Owen, 1846) | |
Cimoliornis is a pterosaur genus containing the single species Cimoliornis diomedeus. It is known from a partial metacarpal (lower wing bone) found in late Cretaceous period English Chalk Formation of the UK.[1]
References
- ↑ Martill, D.M. (2010). "The early history of pterosaur discovery in Great Britain." In: Moody, R. T. J., Buffetaut, E., Naish, D. & Martill, D. M. (eds): Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Saurians: A Historical Perspective. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 343, 287–311.
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