| Austinornis Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Santonian),
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Superorder: | Galloanserae |
| Clade: | Pangalliformes |
| Genus: | †Austinornis Clarke, 2004 |
| Type species | |
| †Austinornis lentus (Clarke, 2004)
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Ichthyornis lentus (Marsh, 1877) | |
Austinornis is a genus of prehistoric birds related to Galliformes. It is known from a fossil partial tarsometatarsus from the Late Cretaceous of Texas.[1]
