| Lamarqueavis | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Family: | †Cimolopterygidae |
| Genus: | †Lamarqueavis Agnolin, 2010 |
| Type species | |
| †Lamarqueavis australis Agnolin, 2010 | |
| Otherspecies | |
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Lamarqueavis is an extinct genus ofornithurandinosaurs from the familyCimolopterygidae known fromLate Cretaceous-aged rocks fromArgentina,Canada, and theUnited States. The type species,L. australis, was named in 2010 and is based on theholotype MML 207, a partial rightcoracoid found in theAllen Formation, Argentina.[1] Two other species,L. minima, based on the holotype UCMP 53976, a right coracoid found in theLance Formation,Wyoming,[2] andL. petra, based on the holotype AMNH 21911, a left coracoid also found in the Lance Formation, Wyoming,[3] were transferred over fromCimolopteryx toLamarqueavis in 2010.[1] A third unnamed species is known from theDinosaur Park Formation ofAlberta, Canada.[3]
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