Patagopterygiforms
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
Skeleton restoration of Patagopteryx deferrariisi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: Euornithes
Clade: Patagopterygiformes
Alvarenga & Bonaparte 1992
Subgroups

Patagopterygiformes is an extinct group of large terrestrial ornithuromorphs from the Late Cretaceous of South America. It contains at most three genera: Patagopteryx, Alamitornis[1] and possibly Kuszholia.[2]

References

  1. Federico L. Agnolin and Agustín G. Martinelli (2009). "Fossil birds from the Late Cretaceous Los Alamitos Formation, Río Negro Province, Argentina". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. Elsevier. 27 (1): 42–49. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2008.09.003. ISSN 0895-9811. OCLC 263598913.
  2. Michael J. Benton; Mikhail A. Shishkin; David M. Unwin; Evgenii N. Kurochkin, eds. (2000). The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge University Press. p. 552. ISBN 0-521-55476-4.


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