Ambiortus
Extinct genus of dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ambiortus is an extinct genus of ornithuromorph dinosaurs. The only known species, Ambiortus dementjevi, lived sometime during the Barremian age between 136.4 and 125 million years ago[1] in the Andaikhudag Formation of Mongolia. It was discovered by Yevgeny Kurochkin in 1982.[2]
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Ambiortus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Avialae |
Clade: | †Ambiortiformes |
Family: | †Ambiortidae Kurochkin, 1982 |
Genus: | †Ambiortus Kurochkin, 1982 |
Species: | †A. dementjevi |
Binomial name | |
†Ambiortus dementjevi Kurochkin, 1982 | |
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