Elbretornis bonapartei Walker and Dyke 2009 (bird)

Aves - Enantiornithes

Full reference: C. A. Walker and G. J. Dyke. 2009. Euenantiornithine birds from the Late Cretaceous of El Brete (Argentina). Irish Journal of Earth Sciences 27(1):15-62

Belongs to Elbretornis according to C. A. Walker and G. J. Dyke 2009

See also Lawver et al. 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PVL 4022, a set of limb elements (left humerus and associated right radius, ulna, scapula and coracoid). Its type locality is Estancia "El Brete" (PVL), which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Lecho Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Estancia "El Brete" (PVL)

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