Aves - Enantiornithes - Avisauridae
Full reference: M. K. Brett-Surman and G. S. Paul. 1985. A new family of bird-like dinosaurs linking Laurasia and Gondwanaland. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5(2):133-138
Parent taxon: Avisauridae according to J. Atterholt et al. 2018
See also Brett-Surman and Paul 1985, Carroll 1988, Cau and Arduini 2008, Chiappe 2002, Chiappe and Calvo 1994, Horner et al. 2001, Hutchison 1993, Kurochkin 2000, O'Connor et al. 2014, Padian 2004, Sanz et al. 1995 and Varricchio and Chiappe 1995
Sister taxa: Bauxitornis, Enantiophoenix, Gettyia, Halimornis, Intiornis, Mirarce, Neuquenornis, Soroavisaurus
Subtaxa: Avisaurus archibaldi
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Montana, North Dakota collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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