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Asteriornis
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Translingual
Etymology
From mul grc Ἀστερία + grc ὄρνις bird. Asteria was a Titaness who turned into a quail, and who was the goddess of falling stars (used in reference to the Chicxulub crater K–Pg impact).
Proper noun
†1 m
genus clade Galloanserae A Cretaceous genus of extinct small shorebirds
Hyponyms
genus Asteriornis maastrichtensis species