†family Gargantuaviidae Buffetaut and Angst 2019 (avialan)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Gargantuaviidae

Full reference: E. Buffetaut and D. Angst. 2019. A femur of the Late Cretaceous giant bird Gargantuavis from Cruzy (southern France) and its systematic implications. Palaeovertebrata 42(1):e3:1-6

Parent taxon: Ornithurae according to E. Buffetaut and D. Angst 2020

See also Buffetaut and Angst 2019 and Mayr et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Apatornis, Archaeovolans, Carinatae, Cerebavis, Changzuiornis, Chaoyangiformes, Chaoyangornithiformes, Dromaeognathae, Gobipterygiformes, Guildavis, Hesperornithiformes, Iaceornis, Ichthyornithes, Kookne, Kuszholia, Liaoningornithiformes, Limenavis, Odontoholcae, Odontoholomorphae, Qinornis, Tingmiatornis, Yanornithiformes, Yixianornithiformes

Subtaxa: Gargantuavis

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (5 collections), Romania (1), Spain (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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