Name:
Elbretornis
(El Brete bird).
Phonetic: El-bret-or-niss.
Named By: C. A. Walker & G. J.
Dyke - 2009.
Classification: Chordata, Dinosauria,
Saurichia, Theropoda, Enantiornithes, Euenantiornithes.
Species: E. bonapartei
(type).
Diet: Unknown.
Size: Unknown.
Known locations: Argentina - Lecho Formation.
Time period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial remains.
Elbretornis is a genus of enantiornithine bird that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous.
Further reading
- Euenantiornithine birds from the Late Cretaceous of El Brete
(Argentina). - Irish Journal of Earth Sciences 27:15-62. -
C. A. Walker & G. J. Dyke - 2009.