Intiornis

Intiornis
Temporal range: Campanian
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The holotype partial hind limb of Intiornis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: Enantiornithes
Family: Avisauridae
Genus: Intiornis
Novas et al. 2010
Species:
I. inexpectatus
Binomial name
Intiornis inexpectatus
Novas et al. 2010

Intiornis (meaning "Inti bird", the binominal naming means "Unexpected Sun bird") is an extinct genus of avisaurid enantiornithean birds which existed in what is now North-West Argentina during the late Cretaceous period (Campanian age).

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