Maaqwi

Extinct genus of dinosaurs

Maaqwi
Temporal range: Campanian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Order: Vegaviiformes
Family: Vegaviidae
Genus: Maaqwi
McLachpan, Kaiser, & Longrich, 2017
Species:
M. cascadensis
Binomial name
Maaqwi cascadensis
McLachlan, Kaiser, & Longrich, 2017

Maaqwi is an extinct genus of large marine diving bird from the Late Cretaceous (Northumberland Formation, latest Campanian) of Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada.[1] The genus name Maaqwi comes from the Coast Salish "ma'aqwi" meaning "water bird," and the specific epithet cascadensis reflects the fossil's origin from the Cascadia region of Western North America. The genus is known from a single specimen, RBCM.EH2008.011.01120. It consists of a coracoid, humerus, ulna, and radius in a nodule of mudstone. The specimen is housed in the Royal British Columbia Museum. Maaqwi had an estimated body mass of 1.5 kg.

References

  1. ^ McLachlan, Sandy M. S.; Kaiser, Gary W.; Longrich, Nicholas R. (December 2017). "Maaqwi cascadensis: A large, marine diving bird (Avialae: Ornithurae) from the Upper Cretaceous of British Columbia, Canada". PLOS ONE. 12 (12): e0189473. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1289473M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0189473. PMC 5722380. PMID 29220405.
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