Kookne yeutensis Novas et al. 2019 (bird)

Aves - Ornithurae

Full reference: F. E. Novas, F. L. Agnolin, S. Rozadilla, A. M. Aranciaga-Rolando, F. Brisson-Egli, M. J. Motta, M. Cerroni, M. D. Ezcurra, A. G. Martinelli, J. S. D’Angelo, and G. Alvarez-Herrera. 2019. Paleontological discoveries in the Chorrillo Formation (upper Campanian-lower Maastrichtian, Upper Cretaceous), Santa Cruz Province, Patagonia, Argentina. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Nueva Serie 21(2):217-293

Belongs to Kookne according to F. E. Novas et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPM 21550, a limb element (Partial coracoid). Its type locality is La Anita (Titanosaur tibia site), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial claystone in the Chorrillo Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at La Anita (Titanosaur tibia site)

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