Intiornis
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Intiornis (meaning "Inti bird", the binominal naming means "Unexpected Sun bird"[1]) is an extinct genus of avisaurid enantiornithean birds which existed in what is now North-West Argentina during the late Cretaceous period (Campanian age).[2]
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Intiornis | |
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The holotype partial hind limb of Intiornis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Avialae |
Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
Family: | †Avisauridae |
Genus: | †Intiornis Novas et al. 2010 |
Species: | †I. inexpectatus |
Binomial name | |
†Intiornis inexpectatus Novas et al. 2010 | |
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