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Bauxitornis

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.



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