Teviornis Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Family: | †Presbyornithidae |
Genus: | †Teviornis Kurochkin, Dyke & Karhu, 2002 |
Species: | †T. gobiensis
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Binomial name | |
†Teviornis gobiensis Kurochkin, Dyke & Karhu, 2002
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Teviornis is an extinct genus of presbyornithid which lived during the Maastrichtian stage, around 70 million years ago. One species has been described, T. gobiensis. It is the oldest known neognath along with Vegavis, and its fossils are collected from the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia.[1]