Eurolimnornis
| Eurolimnornis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Family: | †Eurolimnornithidae Kessler & Jurcsák, 1986 |
| Genus: | †Eurolimnornis Kessler & Jurcsák, 1986 |
| Species: | †E. corneti
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| Binomial name | |
| †Eurolimnornis corneti Kessler & Jurcsák, 1986
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Eurolimnornis is the name given to a
theropod or pterosaur.[2] The identification as a pterosaur was supported by a re-evaluation of the fossil remains published in 2012.[3]
The holotype and only material known to date (MTCO-P 7896) is a distal fragment of the right humerus, which was at first ascribed to the same species as the specimen of Palaeocursornis corneti, a possible synonym also originally identified as a bird.[4][3]
The remains were found in
brackish rivers, lakes and swamps. As this archipelago lay around 35°N latitude in a warmer, wetter climate than exists today, it was roughly similar to today's Caribbean or Indonesia.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Kessler, E. & Jurcsák, T. (1986): New contributions to the knowledge of the Lower Cretaceous bird remains from Cornet (Romania). Travaux du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa 28: 289–295.
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- ^ doi:10.5252/g2012n4a10. Archived from the originalon 2013-01-07.
- ^ Bock, Walter J. & Bühler, Paul (1996): Nomenclature of Cretaceous birds from Romania. Cretaceous Research 17: 509–514. PDF fulltext Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
