Kaririavis
| Kaririavis Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Clade: | Ornithuromorpha |
| Genus: | †Kaririavis Carvalho et al., 2021 |
| Species: | †K. mater |
| Binomial name | |
| †Kaririavis mater Carvalho et al., 2021 | |
Kaririavis is an extinct genus of ornithuromorph dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. It contains one species, K. mater. It is known only from its holotype, which consists of a single foot. Kaririavis is the oldest known ornithuromorph from Gondwana.[1]
References
- ^ Carvalho, I.S.; Agnolin, F. L.; Rozadilla, S.; Novas, F. E.; Ferreira Gomes Andrade, J. A.; Xavier-Neto, J. (2021). "A new ornithuromorph bird from the Lower Cretaceous of South America". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41 (4): e1988623. Bibcode:2021JVPal..41E8623C. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.1988623. S2CID 244059488.
