Alamitornis
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| Alamitornis |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Euornithes |
| Clade: | †Patagopterygiformes |
| Genus: | †Alamitornis Agnolin & Martinelli, 2009 |
| Species: |
† A. minutus
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| Alamitornis minutus Agnolin & Martinelli, 2009
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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, Río Negro Province, Argentina.[1] It was first named by Federico L. Agnolin and Agustín G. Martinelli in 2009 and the type species is Alamitornis minutus.[1]
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