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ALAMITORNIS
(ah-lam-e-tor-nis)
meaning: "Los Alamitos bird"
Named By: Federico L. Agnolin & Agustin G. Martinelli in 2009
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 70 Ma
Location: Argentina, Rio Negro Province - Los Alamitos Formation
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Uncertain
Fossil(s): Partial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Aves | Euornithes | Patagopterygiformes |
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Alamitornis is an extinct genus of basal ornithuromorph bird, possible within the family Patagopterygidae. Remains have been found in the Upper Cretaceous Los Alamitos Formation at Los Alamitos, Rio Negro Province, Argentina. It was first named by Federico L. Agnolin and Agustin G. Martinelli in 2009 and the type species is Alamitornis minutus.

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