Reptilia - Saurischia - Avisauridae
Alternative combination: Avisaurus gloriae
Full reference: D. J. Varricchio and L. M. Chiappe. 1995. A new enantiornithine bird from the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(1):201-204
Belongs to Gettyia according to J. Atterholt et al. 2018
See also Horner et al. 2001, Padian 2004, Sanz et al. 1995, Varricchio and Chiappe 1995 and Zanno et al. 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MOR 553E/6.19.91.64, a limb element (right tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Jack's Birthday Site, MOR TM-068 (bone layer), which is in a Campanian lacustrine mudstone in the Two Medicine Formation of Montana.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Jack's Birthday Site, MOR TM-068 (bone layer)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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