Judinornis
| Judinornis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Clade: | †Hesperornithes |
| Genus: | †Judinornis Nessov & Borkin, 1983 |
| Species: | †J. nogontsavensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Judinornis nogontsavensis Nessov & Borkin, 1983
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Judinornis is a genus of prehistoric flightless birds from the late Cretaceous period. The single known species is Judinornis nogontsavensis. Its fossils have been found in Nemegt Formation rocks of southern Mongolia, and though the age of these deposits is not fully resolved, Judinornis probably lived some 70 million years ago during the early Maastrichtian.
The Nemegt Formation does not seem to contain
Turgai Sea and the former Shigatze Ocean.[citation needed
]
Judinornis was a member of the
basal hesperornithines.[1]
References
- ^ Mortimer (2004)
Sources
- Mortimer, Michael (2004). "The Theropod Database: Phylogeny of taxa". Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2 March 2012