NEORNITHES, INDETERMINATE



-Distribution of Animal Family Through Time-

 [-Local Fossils-]   [-Range of Family-]
ERA:
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
PERIOD:
Permian
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleocene
Neocene
Pleistocene
RANGE:
 


-Taxonomy-

     Kingdom              Metazoa
      Phylum              Chordata
       Class              Aves
        Subclass          Neornithes
         Order            Indeterminate
-Genera-

  • Neornithes, Indet.
-Summary-

Diet:
  • Unknown
Habitat:
  • Unknown
Material:
  • Isolated Limb Bones
-Portrait-


   The Neornithes are composed of a multitude of modern Upper Cretaceous bird orders whose fossil record is, understandably, quite sparse. These include the Charadriiformes (shore birds, gulls, and auks), Procellariiformes (albatroses and petrels), and Coraciiformes (kingfishers, rollers, hoopoes, and hornbills), among a few others, any of which may be represented by a small collection of isolated, and very fragile, “bird” limb bones recovered from Maastrichtian marine deposits on the north coast of Hornby Island.
-Fossil Material-

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