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Camptodontus (bird)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Aves

Order
  
Longipterygiformes

Phylum
  
Chordata

Subclass
  
Enantiornithes

Family
  
Longipterygidae

"Camptodontus" (meaning "bent tooth") is an extinct genus of enantiornithine bird which existed in what is now Chaoyang in Liaoning Province, China during the early Cretaceous period (Aptian age). It is known from a well-preserved skeleton including a skull found in the Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning Province. It was named by Li Li, En-pu Gong, Li-dong Zhang, Ya-jun Yang and Lian-hai Hou in 2010, though the name had previously been used for a genus of beetle (Dejean, 1826). The type species is "Camptodontus" yangi.

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Camptodontus (bird) Wikipedia