Patagopterygiformes

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Patagopterygiforms
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
85–66  Ma
Patagopteryx skeleton.jpg
Skeleton restoration of Patagopteryx deferrariisi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: Euornithes
Clade: Patagopterygiformes
Alvarenga & Bonaparte 1992
Subgroups

Patagopterygiformes is an extinct group of large terrestrial ornithuromorph dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of South America. It contains at most three genera: Patagopteryx , Alamitornis [1] and possibly Kuszholia . [2]

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References

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