Gobipteryx
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Gobipteryx | |
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Eggs of Gobipteryx minuta | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Avialae |
Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
Family: | †Gobipterygidae |
Genus: | †Gobipteryx Elżanowski, 1974 |
Species: | †G. minuta |
Binomial name | |
†Gobipteryx minuta Elżanowski, 1974 | |
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Gobipteryx (from Gobi [referring to the Gobi Desert where it was first discovered], and Greek pteryx "wing") is a genus of prehistoric bird from the Campanian Age of the Late Cretaceous Period.[1] It is not known to have any direct descendants.[1] Like the rest of the enantiornithes clade, Gobipteryx is thought to have gone extinct near the end of the Cretaceous.[2]