Austinornis is a genus of prehistoric birds related to Galliformes. It is known from a fossil partial tarsometatarsus from the Late Cretaceous of Texas.
Austinornis Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Santonian), | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Superorder: | Galloanserae |
Clade: | Pangalliformes |
Genus: | †Austinornis Clarke, 2004 |
Type species | |
†Austinornis lentus (Clarke, 2004) | |
Synonyms | |
Ichthyornis lentus (Marsh, 1877) |
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