''Noguerornis'' is a

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 enantiornithine bird possibly related to ''

Iberomesornis ''Iberomesornis'' ("Iberian intermediate bird") is a monotypic genus of enantiornithine bird of the Cretaceous of Spain. Discovery In 1985 the fossil of ''Iberomesornis'' was discovered by Armando Díaz Romeral in the Early Cretaceous Caliza ...

''. It lived during the Early Cretaceous (early

Barremian The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale (or a chronostratigraphic stage) between 125.77 Ma (million years ago) and 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma (Historically, this stage was placed at 129.4 million to approximately 125 million years ago) It is a ...

age) about 130 mya and is known from

fossil A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserve ...

s found in the La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation at El Montsec,

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

.Chiappe, L. and Lacasa-Ruiz (2002). "''Noguerornis gonzalezi'' (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Early Cretaceous of Spain." Pp. 230-239 in Chiappe and Witmer, (eds.). ''Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs''. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London.

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Bird genera Cretaceous birds of Europe Enantiornithes Fossils of Spain Fossil taxa described in 1989 {{paleo-bird-stub