Ilerdopteryx Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. A. Lacasa Ruiz. (1985). Nota sobre las plumas fósiles del yacimiento eocretácico de “La Pedrera-La Cabrua” en la Sierra del Montsec (prov. Lleida, España) Ilerdopteryx viai n. g. n. sp. Illerda 46:227-237
2. Kellner, A. (2002). "A review of avian Mesozoic fossil feathers." pp. 389–404. in Chiappe and Witmer, (eds.). Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs. Berkeley: University of California Press.