Cratoavis
| Cratoavis Temporal range: Early Cretaceous | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
| Genus: | †Cratoavis Carvalho et al., 2015 |
| Species: | †C. cearensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cratoavis cearensis Carvalho et al., 2015 | |
Cratoavis is a genus of enantiornithine birds. The type and only currently described species is C. cearensis, from the Early Cretaceous of Araripe Basin, Ceará, Brazil. The fossil, an articulated skeleton with feathers attached to the wings and surrounding the body, extends considerably the temporal record of the group at South America.[1]
The genus was named after the Crato Member lithostratigraphic unit, where the specimen was found.[1]
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