Kizylkumavis

Kizylkumavis
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Subclass: Enantiornithes
Superorder: Euenantiornithes
Order: Alexornithiformes (disputed)
Family: Alexornithidae (disputed)
Genus: Kizylkumavis

Kizylkumavis was an enantiornithine bird. It lived during the Late Cretaceous about 75 mya[1] and is known from fossils found in the Bissekty Formation of the Kyzyl Kum, Uzbekistan.

It is sometimes allied with Alexornis and Sazavis, but this is very doubtful.

References

  1. ^ L. A. Nessov (1984). "Upper Cretaceous pterosaurs and birds from central Asia". Paleontological Journal 1984 (1): 38–49.