Elbretornis

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.



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