Limenavis
| Limenavis | |
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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: | Ornithuromorpha |
| Clade: | Ornithurae |
| Genus: | †Limenavis Clarke & Chiappe, 2001 |
| Species: | †L. patagonica
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| Binomial name | |
| †Limenavis patagonica Clarke & Chiappe, 2001
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Limenavis is a
birds.[2]
Of all the
generic name pays tribute to this fact: Limenavis, meaning "bird of the threshold" or "limit-bird", is derived from Latin limen ("threshold") + avis ("bird"). The specific name patagonica refers to the specimen's Patagonian
provenance.
Classification
The relationships of Limenavis have been difficult to determine. Analyses published in 2001 and 2002 by
Neornithes.[3][4] A 2013 analysis by O'Connor and colleagues found it to be slightly more primitive than Ichthyornis.[5]
It has been suggested that some features link it with
References
- ^ LEONA LEONARD, GARETH J. DYKE,1, AND MARCEL VAN TUINEN (2005) "A New Specimen of the Fossil Lithornis from the Lower Eocene". American Museum Novitates. Number 3491, 11 pp., 4 figures AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORYCENTRAL PARK WEST AT 79TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10024
- ISSN 1063-5157.
- ^ Clarke and Chiappe, 2001. "A new carinate bird from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina)". American Museum Novitates. 3323, 1-23.
- ^ Clarke, 2002. "The morphology and systematic position of Ichthyornis Marsh and the phylogenetic relationships of basal Ornithurae". Ph.D. dissertation, Yale University, New Haven, CT. 532 pp.
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- ^ Leonard, L. Dyke, G.J. & Van Tuinen, M. (2005) "A new specimen of the fossil palaeognath Lithornis from the Lower Eocene of Denmark". 491. American Museum Novitates. pp. 1–11.
- ^ Bertelli, S. and Chiappe, L. (2005). "Earliest tinamous (Aves: Palaeognathae) from the Miocene of Argentina and their phylogenetic position". Contributions in Science NHM LA, 502: 1-20.