Aves - Enantiornithes - Avisauridae
Full reference: L. M. Chiappe and J. O. Calvo. 1994. Neuquenornis volans, a new Late Cretaceous bird (Enantiornithes, Avisauridae) from Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(2):230-246
Parent taxon: Avisauridae according to J. Atterholt et al. 2018
See also Cau and Arduini 2008, Chiappe 2002, Chiappe and Calvo 1994, Clarke et al. 2005, Kurochkin 1996, Kurochkin 2000, Kurochkin et al. 2013, Norell and Clarke 2001, O'Connor et al. 2014, O'Connor and Zelenkov 2013, Padian 2004, Sanz et al. 1995, Varricchio 2002, Varricchio and Chiappe 1995, Wang and Liu 2015, Wang et al. 2014, Wang et al. 2015, Wang et al. 2014 and Zhang et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Avisaurus, Bauxitornis, Enantiophoenix, Gettyia, Halimornis, Intiornis, Mirarce, Soroavisaurus
Subtaxa: Neuquenornis volans
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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