Reptilia - Saurischia - Avisauridae

Full reference: L. M. Chiappe. 1993. Enantiornithine (Aves) tarsometatarsi from the Cretaceous Lecho Formation of northwestern Argentina. American Museum Novitates 3083:1-27

Parent taxon: Avisauridae according to J. Atterholt et al. 2018

See also Cau and Arduini 2008, Chiappe 1993, Chiappe 2002, Chiappe and Calvo 1994, Kurochkin 2000, O'Connor et al. 2014 and Sanz et al. 1995

Sister taxa: Avisaurus, Bauxitornis, Enantiophoenix, Gettyia, Halimornis, Intiornis, Mirarce, Neuquenornis

Subtaxa: Soroavisaurus australis

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

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

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