Lamarqueavis minima Brodkorb 1963 (shorebird)

Aves - Charadriiformes - Cimolopterygidae

Alternative combination: Cimolopteryx minima

Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1963. Birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming. Proceedings of the XIII International Ornithological Congress 55-70

Belongs to Lamarqueavis according to F. L. Agnolin 2010

See also Brodkorb 1963 and Hope 2002

Sister taxa: Lamarqueavis australis, Lamarqueavis petra

Type specimen: UCMP 53976, a limb element (right coracoid). Its type locality is Mammal Quarry No. 1 (UCMP V-5003), which is in a Lancian terrestrial horizon in the Lance Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mammal Quarry No. 1 (UCMP V-5003)

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