| Austinornis Temporal range:
Late Cretaceous (
Santonian),
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Superorder: | Galloanserae |
| Clade: | Pangalliformes |
| Genus: | †
Austinornis Clarke, 2004 |
| Type species | |
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†Austinornis lentus (Clarke, 2004)
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| Synonyms | |
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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. hdl: 2246/454. S2CID 84035285.
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