Noguerornis gonzalezi Lacasa Ruiz 1989 (bird)

Aves - Enantiornithes

Full reference: A. Lacasa Ruiz. 1989. Nuevo genero de ave fosil del yacimiento Neocomiense del Montsec (Provincia de Lerida, España) [new genus of fossil bird from the Neocomian locality of Montsec (Lerida province, Spain)]. Estudios geológicos 45(5-6):417-425

Belongs to Noguerornis according to L. M. Chiappe 2002

See also Lacasa Ruiz 1989 and Sanz et al. 1997

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: LP.1702 P, a partial skeleton (humeri, radii, one ulna, three metacarpals, one rib, three vertebrae, furcula, and feather impressions). Its type locality is La Pedrera de Meià, El Montsec, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone in the La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation of Spain.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at La Pedrera de Meià, El Montsec

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