Patagopterygiformes
Extinct clade of dinosaurs
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Patagopterygiformes is an extinct group of large terrestrial ornithuromorph dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of South America. It contains at most three genera: Patagopteryx, Alamitornis[1] and possibly Kuszholia.[2]
| Patagopterygiforms Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
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| Skeleton restoration of Patagopteryx deferrariisi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Clade: | Euornithes |
| Clade: | †Patagopterygiformes Alvarenga & Bonaparte 1992 |
| Subgroups | |
