Kizylkumavis

Kizylkumavis
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 90 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Clade: Enantiornithes
Clade: Euenantiornithes
Genus: Kizylkumavis
Nesov, 1984
Species: K. cretacea
Binomial name
Kizylkumavis cretacea
Nesov, 1984

Kizylkumavis 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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