Ilerdopteryx

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Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Ilerdopteryx
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
140–125 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

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