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AVISAURUS |
| DESCRIBER | Brett-Surman & Paul,1985 |
| TIME | Cretaceous
Late Maastrichtian |
| CLASSIFICATION | Not considered dinosaur |
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| FOSSILSITE | Argentina US |
| TYPE SPECIES | AVISAURUS archibaldi |
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| INFO | Avisaurus > A.archibaldi
Now known absolutely to be an enantiornithine bird. Recovered from the Hell Creek Formation (Maastrichtian) of Montana. Two additional specimens have been referred to either as Avisaurus sp.- a small right metatarsal from the Lecho Formation of Argentina (previously referred to as an enantiornithid bird by Walker (1981) and another speciman of a right metatarsus, again from the Hell Creek of Montana. Now known absolutely to be an enantiornithine bird. |
