Bauxitornis Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 85 Ma |
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Holotype left metatarsus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
Family: | †Avisauridae |
Genus: |
†Bauxitornis Dyke & Ősi, 2010 |
Species: | †B. mindszentyae |
Binomial name | |
Bauxitornis mindszentyae Dyke & Ősi, 2010 |
Bauxitornis is an extinct genus of avisaurid enantiornithine birds which existed in what is now Hungary during the late Cretaceous period (Santonian age). It was named by Gareth J. Dyke and Attila Ősi in 2010, and the type species is Bauxitornis mindszentyae.