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Archaeornithura meemannae

Time
125.8–132.6 million years ago
Period
Unknown
Known sites
1
Archaeornithura meemannae Holotype
Min Wang, Xiaoting Zheng, Jingmai K. O’Connor, Graeme T. Lloyd, Xiaoli Wang, Yan Wang, Xiaomei Zhang & Zhonghe ZhouCC-BY-4.0File:Archaeornithura_meemannae_Holotype.jpg

Summary

Archaeornithura is an extinct genus of ornithuromorphs from the early Cretaceous period. It is known from two fossil specimens of a single species, Archaeornithura meemannae. The specimens have been dated to the Hauterivian age, 130.7 million years ago, making A. meemannae the oldest known ornithuromorph, the lineage that gave rise to modern birds, and contains all living birds as well as many of their extinct relatives.

Source: Wikipedia - Archaeornithura

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