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Palintropus
''Palintropus'' is a prehistoric bird genus from the Late Cretaceous. A single species has been named (''Palintropus retusus'') based on a proximal coracoid from the Lance Formation of Wyoming, dated to the latest Maastrichtian, million years ago. Coracoids and a proximal scapula of two unnamed species from the upper Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, dating to between 76.5 and 75 million years ago, are also known.〔Hope (2002)〕
Initially it was placed in the wastebin genus ''"Cimolopteryx"''. Pierce Brodkorb assigned it its current name, first affiliating it with ''Apatornis'' in 1963, and establishing its current genus in 1970.〔Brodkorb (1970)〕
Its relationships are not well determined, mainly due to the paucity of material. Several major theories have been established: Like many of the birds of the subtropical coastlands of the Western Interior Seaway - maybe a bit like eastern Australia today - it is sometimes believed to be an early member of the Charadriiformes (waders, gulls, auks, etc.; see also "Graculavidae").〔 However, an alternate theory is that it is a galliform, perhaps a quercymegapodiid.〔
In 2009, Longrich and colleagues proposed that ''Palintropus'' is a primitive bird related to ''Apsaravis''. They conducted the first cladistic analysis of the remains, and found this to be the most likely hypothesis, suggesting ''Palintropus'' warrants inclusion in the newly established Palintropiformes.〔Longrich, N. (2009). "An ornithurine-dominated avifauna from the Belly River Group (Campanian, Upper Cretaceous) of Alberta, Canada." ''Cretaceous Research'', 30(1): 161-177.〕
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