Lamarqueavis petra Hope 2002

Aves - Charadriiformes - Cimolopterygidae

Alternative combination: Cimolopteryx petra

Full reference: S. Hope. 2002. The Mesozoic radiation of Neornithes. Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs. University of California Press, Berkeley 339-388

Belongs to Lamarqueavis according to F. L. Agnolin 2010

See also Hope 2002

Sister taxa: Lamarqueavis australis, Lamarqueavis minima

Type specimen: AMNH 21911, a limb element (left coracoid). Its type locality is Bushy Tailed Blowout, which is in a Lancian terrestrial shale in the Lance Formation of Wyoming.

Distribution: found only at Bushy Tailed Blowout

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