Ilerdopteryx
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| Ilerdopteryx Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
| Genus: | †Ilerdopteryx Lacasa-Ruiz, 1985 |
| Species: | †I. viai |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ilerdopteryx viai Lacasa-Ruiz, 1985 | |
Ilerdopteryx is an extinct genus of birds, perhaps an enantiornithine, from the Lower Cretaceous La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation lithographic limestone of Spain. The type species, I. viai,[1] is known only from a collection of isolated contour feathers.[2]