Kookne

Kookne Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 70  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific 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 ornithuran 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. • Novas, F.; Agnolin, F.; Rozadilla, S.; Aranciaga-Rolando, A.; Brissón-Eli, F.; Motta, M.; Cerroni, M.; Ezcurra, M.; Martinelli, A.; D'Angelo, J.; Álvarez-Herrera, J.; Gentil, A.; Bogan, S.; Chimento, N.; García-Marsà, J.; Lo Coco, G.; Miquel, S.; Brito, F.; Vera, E.; Loinaze, V.; Fernandez, M.; Salgado, L. (2019). "Paleontological discoveries in the Chorrillo Formation (upper Campanian-lower Maastrichtian, Upper Cretaceous), Santa Cruz Province, Patagonia, Argentina". Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales. 21 (2): 217–293. doi: 10.22179/REVMACN.21.655 . hdl: 11336/122229 . Retrieved 2021-01-05.
2. Acosta Hospitaleche, C.; O'Gorman, J. P.; Panzeri, K. M. (2023). "A new Cretaceous bird from the Maastrichtian La Colonia Formation (Patagonia, Argentina)". Cretaceous Research. 150. 105595. Bibcode:2023CrRes.15005595A. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105595. S2CID   259059084.