Gobipteryx
| Gobipteryx Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
|---|---|
| Eggs of Gobipteryx minuta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
| Family: | †Gobipterygidae |
| Genus: | †Gobipteryx Elżanowski, 1974 |
| Species: | †G. minuta |
| Binomial name | |
| †Gobipteryx minuta Elżanowski, 1974 | |
| Synonyms | |
Gobipteryx (from Gobi [referring to the Gobi Desert where it was first discovered], and Greek pteryx "wing") is a genus of prehistoric bird from the Campanian Age of the Late Cretaceous Period. It is not known to have any direct descendants. Like the rest of the enantiornithes clade, Gobipteryx is thought to have gone extinct near the end of the Cretaceous.