Full reference: J. A. Clarke and L. M. Chiappe. 2001. A new carinate bird from the late Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina. American Museum Novitates 3323:1-23
Parent taxon: Ornithurae according to M. Wang and D. Liu 2015
See also Clarke and Chiappe 2001, O'Connor et al. 2014 and O'Connor and Zelenkov 2013
Sister taxa: Apatornis, Archaeovolans, Carinatae, Cerebavis, Changzuiornis, Chaoyangiformes, Chaoyangornithiformes, Dromaeognathae, Gargantuaviidae, Gobipterygiformes, Guildavis, Hesperornithiformes, Iaceornis, Ichthyornithes, Kookne, Kuszholia, Liaoningornithiformes, Odontoholcae, Odontoholomorphae, Qinornis, Tingmiatornis, Yanornithiformes, Yixianornithiformes
Subtaxa: Limenavis patagonica
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Salitral Moreno (NH1) (Cretaceous of Argentina)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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