Kizylkumavis

Extinct genus of birds

Kizylkumavis
Temporal range: Turonian, 90 Ma
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Life reconstruction of Kizylkumavis cretacea.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: Enantiornithes
Genus: Kizylkumavis
Nesov, 1984
Species:
K. cretacea
Binomial name
Kizylkumavis cretacea
Nesov, 1984

Kizylkumavis this is a genus of enantiornithine birds which lived during the Late Cretaceous[1] and is known from fossils found in the Bissekty Formation of the Kyzyl Kum, Uzbekistan.

References

  1. ^ L. A. Nessov (1984). "Upper Cretaceous pterosaurs and birds from central Asia". Paleontological Journal. 1984 (1): 38–49.
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Avemetatarsalia
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Maniraptora
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Enantiornithes
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Iberomesornithidae
Pengornithidae
Longipterygidae
Bohaiornithidae
Gobipterygidae
Avisauridae
(sensu Cau & Arduini, 2008)
Avisauridae (sensu Chiappe, 1992)
Cruralispennia multidonta Longipteryx chaoyangensis
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Kizylkumavis


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