Lonchodytes
| Lonchodytes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
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| Order: | |
| Genus: | Lonchodytes
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| Species | |
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Lonchodytes estesi | |
Lonchodytes is a
Lance Creek Formation rocks in Wyoming (United States) though it seems still somewhat unclear if it did fossilize there or was reworked from later (Danian: Early Paleocene, less than 65 mya) deposits.[verification needed
]
Lonchodytes estesi, the
cladistic analysis.[1]
These are today generally believed to be closely related if not actually a
Neornithes.[citation needed
]
"Lonchodytes" pterygius on the other hand quite likely does not belong into this genus. It appears very distinct from in a cladistic
phylogeny and seems to be a member of the Charadriiformes.[1] Given the paucity of remains however, it cannot be excluded with certainty that it represents an ancestral "higher waterbird" lineage that was morphologically convergent to waders
.
Footnotes
References
- Mortimer, Mickey (2004): The Theropod Database: Phylogeny of taxa. Retrieved 2013-MAR-02.