Elsornis keni Chiappe et al. 2007 (sand bird)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: L. M. Chiappe, S. Suzuki, G. J. Dyke, M. Watabe, K. Tsogtbaatar and R. Barsbold. 2007. A new enantiornithine bird from the Late Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5(2):193-208

Belongs to Elsornis according to L. M. Chiappe et al. 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPD-b 100/201, a partial skeleton (partially articulated specimen including both wings and most of the axial skeleton). Its type locality is Tugrikin Shire V [HMNS-GIN], which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tugrikin Shire V [HMNS-GIN]

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