Full reference: H. M. F. Alvarenga and J. F. Bonaparte. 1992. A new flightless landbird from the Cretaceous of Patagonia. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Science Series 36:51-64
Parent taxon: Ornithuromorpha according to M. Wang et al. 2015
See also Alvarenga and Bonaparte 1992, Cau and Arduini 2008, Chiappe 2002, Chiappe 2002, Chiappe and Calvo 1994, Clarke et al. 2005, Hope 2002, Kurochkin et al. 2013, Lefevre et al. 2014, Naish et al. 2012, Norell and Clarke 2001, O'Connor et al. 2014, O'Connor and Zelenkov 2013, Padian 2004, Wang and Liu 2015, Wang et al. 2014 and Wang et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Ambiortus, Antarcticavis, Apsaravis, Archaeorhynchus, Bellulia, Changmaornis, Chaoyangia, Dingavis, Eogranivora, Hollanda, Hongshanornithidae, Jianchangornis, Jiuquanornis, Juehuaornis, Kaririavis, Liaoningornis, Ornithurae, Piscivoravis, Schizooura, Schizoouridae, Songlingornithidae, Vorona, Yumenornis, Zhongjianornis
Subtaxa: Patagopteryx deferrariisi
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Boca del Sapo, Universidad Nacional del Comahue (Cretaceous of Argentina)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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