Genus: Leptorhynchos LONGRICH, BARNES, CLARK, & MILLAR, 2013
Etymology:
Greek, leptos, "small" and Greek, rhynchos, "beak."
Species: gaddisorum emend LONGRICH, BARNES, CLARK, & MILLAR, 2013
Note: The authors coined the name in honor of the Gaddis family, the ending should be 'orum,' not 'i,' and is here emended.
= Chirostenotes gaddisi LONGRICH, BARNES, CLARK, & MILLAR, 2013
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= Leptorhynchos gaddisi LONGRICH, BARNES, CLARK, & MILLAR, 2013
Etymology: In honor of the Gaddis family, from whose land the holotype was collected.
Holotype: TMM 45920
Locality: Texas.
Horizon: Aguja Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Judithian age, Campanian Stage, Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Fused dentaries.
Referred material:
TMM 42335-40: Caudal vertebra.
TMM 43057-354: Distal end of metatarsal III.
TMM 43057-36: Proximal end of metatarsal IV.
TMM 43057-357: Pedal ungual.
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