Cimolopteryx (meaning "Cretaceous wing"[2]) is a prehistoric bird genus from the Late Cretaceous Period. It is currently thought to contain only a single species, Cimolopteryx rara. The only specimen confidently attributed to C. rara was found in the Lance Formation of Wyoming, dating to the end of the Maastrichtian age, which ended about 66 million years ago.[3] The dubious species "Cimolopteryx" maxima has been described from both the Lance Formation and the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.[4] The humeral end of a left coracoid from the Frenchman Formation of southern Saskatchewan has also been attributed to the genus.[5]
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Cimolopteryx (meaning "Cretaceous wing") is a prehistoric bird genus from the Late Cretaceous Period. It is currently thought to contain only a single...
not be Charadriiformes, are: Ceramornis (Lance Creek Late Cretaceous) "Cimolopteryx" (Lance Creek Late Cretaceous) Palintropus (Lance Creek Late Cretaceous)...
minima "Cimolopteryx" "C." maxima UCMP 53973 (holotype), a partial coracoid A charadriiform bird, not necessarily closely related to Cimolopteryx. Graculavus...
humeral end of the left coracoid) of a bird attributed to the genus Cimolopteryx has also been described from the Gryde locality. Earth sciences portal...
be mistaken for an anseriform. †Cimolopteryx †Cimolopteryx maxima †Cimolopteryx minima †Cimolopteryx rara †Cimolopteryx petra 66 Ma, Campanian to Maastrichtian...
hesperornithoforms, as well as several species of true birds, including Cimolopteryx. Ornithischians are abundant in the Scollard, Laramie, Lance, Denver...
Ceramornis has been placed in the family Cimolopterygidae together with Cimolopteryx and Lamarqueavis. Cimolopterygidae has sometimes been placed in the modern...
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