Limenavis patagonica Clarke and Chiappe 2001 (bird)

Aves - Ornithurae

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

Belongs to Limenavis according to J. A. Clarke and L. M. Chiappe 2001

See also Aranciaga Rolando et al. 2021, Lawver et al. 2011 and Rolando et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PVL 4731, a set of limb elements (portions of the right humerus, ulna, radius, carpometacarpus, ulnarae, radiale, and proximal phalanx of digit II). Its type locality is Salitral Moreno (NH1), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone/sandstone in the Allen Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Salitral Moreno (NH1)

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