Falcatakely
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Falcatakely (meaning "small scythe" from the Latin falcatus and Malagasy kely, in reference to the shape of the beak) is an extinct genus of enantiornithean bird known from partial fossils from northern Madagascar. The genus contains a single species, Falcatakely forsterae.[1][2]
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Falcatakely | |
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Life restoration of Falcatakely forsterae as an enantiornithean | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Avialae |
Clade: | Ornithothoraces |
Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
Genus: | †Falcatakely O'Connor et al., 2020 |
Species: | †F. forsterae |
Binomial name | |
†Falcatakely forsterae O'Connor et al., 2020 | |
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