Lamarqueavis Explained

Lamarqueavis is an extinct genus of ornithuran dinosaurs from the family Cimolopterygidae known from Late Cretaceous-aged rocks from Argentina, Canada, and the United States. The type species, L. australis, was named in 2010 and is based on the holotype MML 207, a partial right coracoid found in the Allen Formation, Argentina.^[1] Two other species, L. minima, based on the holotype UCMP 53976, a right coracoid found in the Lance Formation, Wyoming,^[2] and L. petra, based on the holotype AMNH 21911, a left coracoid also found in the Lance Formation, Wyoming,^[3] were transferred over from Cimolopteryx to Lamarqueavis in 2010. A third unnamed species is known from the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada.

Notes and References

1. Federico L. Agnolin . 2010 . An avian coracoid from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina . Stvdia Geologica Salmanticensia . 46 . 2 . 99–119 .
2. [Pierce Brodkorb|Brodkorb, P.]
3. Hope, S. (2002). The Mesozoic radiation of Neornithes. Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs. University of California Press, Berkeley 339-388