Protopteryx

Protopteryx

Taxobox
name = "Protopteryx"
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
subclassis = Enantiornithes
genus = "Protopteryx"
genus_authority = Zhang and Zhou, 2000
subdivision_ranks=Species
subdivision=
*"P. fengningensis" Zhang and Zhou, 2000 (type

"Protopteryx" is an extinct genus of enantiornithine bird from the Cretaceous in China. The type species is "P. fengningensis".

ources

* http://www.fossilmuseum.net/Fossil-Pictures/Birds/Protopteryx/Protopteryx-fengningensis.htm
* Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs by Luis M. Chiappe and Lawrence M. Witmer

External links

* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=91348 "Protopteryx"] in the Paleobiology Database


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