Biology:Kizylkumavis

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Short description: Extinct genus of birds


Kizylkumavis
Temporal range: Turonian, 90 Ma
Kizylkumavis cretacea.jpg
Life reconstruction of Kizylkumavis cretacea.
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10890890 entry