| Ignotornis Temporal range: Barremian-Cenomanian, | |
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Trace fossil classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Ichnofamily: | † Ignotornidae |
| Ichnogenus: | † Ignotornis Mehl, 1931 |
| Type ichnospecies | |
| †Ignotornis mcconnelli Mehl, 1931 | |
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Ignotornis was a bird ichnogenus dating back to the Barremian-Cenomanian of Colorado, Canada and South Korea. [1]
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