Aves - Alexornithiformes - Alexornithidae
Alternative combination: Ichthyornis maltshevskyi
Full reference: L. A. Nessov. 1986. Pervaya nakhodka pozdnemelovoy ptitsy-ikhtiornisa v starom svete i nekotorye drugie kosti ptits iz Mela i Paleogena spedney Azii [The first record of the Late Cretaceous bird Ichthyornis in the Old World and some other bird bones from the Cretaceous and Paleogene of Central Asia]. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademiy Nauk SSSR 147:31-38
Belongs to Lenesornis according to E. N. Kurochkin 2000
See also Kurochkin 1996 and Nessov 1986
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PO 3434. Its type locality is CBI-14, Dzharakuduk II, which is in a Turonian/Turonian fluvial sandstone/conglomerate in the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at CBI-14, Dzharakuduk II
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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