Kookne Temporal range:
Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Avialae |
Clade: | Ornithuromorpha |
Clade: | Ornithurae |
Genus: | †
Kookne Novas et al, 2019 |
Species: | †K. yeutensis
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Binomial name | |
†Kookne yeutensis Novas et al, 2019
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Kookne is a prehistoric bird genus from the Late Cretaceous. Known from a coracoid, the remains of the only known species Kookne yeutensis were found in rocks from the Late Cretaceous ( Maastrichtian) Chorrillo Formation of Santa Cruz, Argentina. [1] [2]