Intiornis

Intiornis
Temporal range: Campanian
~75 Ma
The holotype partial hind limb of Intiornis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: Enantiornithes
Family: Avisauridae
Genus: Intiornis
Novas et al. 2010
Species:
I. inexpectatus
Binomial name
Intiornis inexpectatus
Novas et al. 2010

Intiornis (meaning "Inti bird", the binominal naming means "Unexpected Sun bird"[1]) is an extinct genus of avisaurid enantiornithean birds which existed in what is now North-West Argentina during the late Cretaceous period (Campanian age).[2]

  1. ^ Matthew P. Martyniuk (2012). A Field Guide to Mesozoic Birds and Other Winged Dinosaurs. Pan Aves. p. 142. ISBN 9780988596504. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  2. ^ Fernando Emilio Novas; Federico Lisandro Agnolín; Carlos Agustín Scanferla (2010). "New enantiornithine bird (Aves, Ornithothoraces) from the Late Cretaceous of NW Argentina". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 9 (8): 499–503. Bibcode:2010CRPal...9..499N. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2010.09.005. hdl:11336/60953.