Alamitornis

Name: Alamitornis ‭(‬Los Alamitos bird‭)‬.
Phonetic: Ah-lam-e-tor-nis.
Named By: Federico L.‭ ‬Agnolin‭ & ‬Agustín G.‭ ‬Martinelli‭ ‬-‭ ‬2009.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Aves,‭ ‬Euornithes,‭ ‬Patagopterygiformes.
Species: A.‭ ‬minutus (type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Argentina,‭ ‬Rio Negro Province‭ ‬-‭ ‬Los Alamitos Formation.
Time period: Campanian/Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Alamitornis was a late Cretaceous era bird that seemed to have been quite gracile in form.‭ ‬In the‭ ‬2009‭ ‬description it was also considered to possibly be related to Patagopteryx.‭ ‬Alamitornis would have likely shared the same habitats with dinosaurs such as the sauropod Aeolosaurus and the hadrosaur Secernosaurus.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Fossil birds from the Late Cretaceous Los Alamitos Formation,‭ ‬Río Negro Province,‭ ‬Argentina,‭ ‬Federico L.‭ ‬Agnolin‭ & ‬Agustín G.‭ ‬Martinelli‭ ‬-‭ ‬2009.



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