Patagopterygiformes
| Patagopterygiformes Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 85–70 Ma | |
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| Skeleton restoration of Patagopteryx deferrariisi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Euornithes |
| Clade: | †Patagopterygiformes Alvarenga & Bonaparte, 1992 |
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Patagopterygiformes is a group of large Mesozoic ground birds from South America. It contains at most two species: Patagopteryx deferrariisi, and Alamitornis minutus.[1]
References
- ↑ Federico L. Agnolin and Agustín G. Martinelli (2009). "Fossil birds from the Late Cretaceous Los Alamitos Formation, Río Negro Province, Argentina". Vertebrata PalAsiatica 47 (4): 399–310. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2008.09.003.
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