Tingmiatornis

Tingmiatornis
Temporal range: Turonian, 92 Ma
Photograph (left) and CT scans of the holotype humerus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Genus: Tingmiatornis
Bono et al., 2016
Species:
T. arctica
Binomial name
Tingmiatornis arctica
Bono et al., 2016

Tingmiatornis (meaning "bird that flies") is a genus of flighted and possibly diving ornithurine dinosaur from the High Arctic of Canada. The genus contains a single species, T. arctica, described in 2016, which lived during the Turonian epoch of the Cretaceous.[1]

  1. ^ Bono, R.K.; Clarke, J.; Tarduno, J.A.; Brinkman, Donald (2016). "A Large Ornithurine Bird (Tingmiatornis arctica) from the Turonian High Arctic: Climatic and Evolutionary Implications". Scientific Reports. 6: 38876. doi:10.1038/srep38876. PMC 5171645. PMID 27991515.