Kookne

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Kookne
Temporal range:
Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: Ornithuromorpha
Clade: Ornithurae
Genus: Kookne
Novas et al, 2019
Species:
K. yeutensis
Binomial name
Kookne yeutensis
Novas et al, 2019

Kookne is a prehistoric bird genus from the Late Cretaceous. Known from a coracoid, the remains of the only known species Kookne yeutensis were found in rocks from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Chorrillo Formation of Santa Cruz, Argentina.[1][2]

References

  1. . Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  2. ^ Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche, José P. O’Gorman, Karen M. Panzeri (2023) A new Cretaceous bird from the Maastrichtian La Colonia Formation (Patagonia, Argentina). Cretaceous Research, 105595. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105595



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