Ambiortus

Ambiortus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: Ambiortiformes
Family: Ambiortidae
Kurochkin, 1982
Genus: Ambiortus
Kurochkin, 1982
Species:
A. dementjevi
Binomial name
Ambiortus dementjevi
Kurochkin, 1982

Ambiortus is a prehistoric bird genus. The only known species, Ambiortus dementjevi, lived sometime during the Barremian age between 136.4 and 125 million years ago in the Andaikhudag Formation of Mongolia. It was discovered by Yevgeny Kurochkin in 1982.

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