''Alamitornis'' is an extinct

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of basal ornithuromorph

dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic Geological period, period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the #Evolutio ...

s, possibly within the

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Patagopterygidae ''Patagopteryx'' is an extinct monotypic genus of euornithean dinosaurs that lived during the Late Cretaceous, around 80 mya, in what is now the Sierra Barrosa in northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. About the size of a chicken, it is the earlies ...

. Remains have been found in the

Upper Cretaceous The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the more recent of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''cret ...

Los Alamitos Formation at Los Alamitos, Río Negro Province,

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

. It was first named by Federico L. Agnolin and Agustín G. Martinelli in 2009 and the

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is ''Alamitornis minutus''.

References

Euornithes Maastrichtian life Late Cretaceous dinosaurs of South America Cretaceous Argentina Fossils of Argentina Los Alamitos Formation Fossil taxa described in 2009 {{Paleo-bird-stub