Noguerornis

Noguerornis
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 130 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Clade:†Enantiornithes
Genus:†Noguerornis
Lacasa-Ruiz, 1989
Species: †N. gonzalezi
Binomial name
Noguerornis gonzalezi
Lacasa-Ruiz, 1989

Noguerornis is a genus of enantiornithine bird possibly related to Iberomesornis. It lived during the Early Cretaceous (early Barremian age) about 130 mya and is known from fossils found at El Montsec, Spain.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Lacasa-Ruiz, A. (1989) New genus of fossil bird from the Neocomian locality of Montsec (Lerida province, Spain). Estudios geológicos 45(5-6):417-425.
  2. ↑ Chiappe, L. and Lacasa-Ruiz (2002). "Noguerornis gonzalezi (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Early Cretaceous of Spain." Pp. 230-239 in Chiappe and Witmer, (eds.). Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London.


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