Pasquiaornis

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Pasquiaornis
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 93
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: Hesperornithes
Genus: Pasquiaornis
Type species
Pasquiaornis hardiei
Tokaryk, Cumbaa & Storer, 1997
Species
  • P. hardiei Tokaryk, Cumbaa & Storer, 1997
  • P. tankei Tokaryk, Cumbaa & Storer, 1997

Pasquiaornis is a prehistoric flightless bird genus from the Late Cretaceous. It lived during the late Cenomanian, between 95 and 93 million years ago in North America.[1]

Two

basal lineages.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Tokaryk, Cumbaa and Storer, 1997. Early Late Cretaceous birds from Saskatchewan, Canada: the oldest diverse avifauna known from North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 17(1), 172-176.
  2. ^ Mortimer, Michael (2004): The Theropod Database: Phylogeny of taxa Archived 2013-05-16 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2013-MAR-02.