Iteravis
| Iteravis Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, ~ | |
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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: | †Iteravis Zhou, Wang, & O'Connor, 2014 |
| Type species | |
| †Iteravis huchzermeyeri Zhou, Wang, & O'Connor, 2014 | |
Iteravis ("journey bird") is an extinct genus of ornithuromorph avialan. It was found in the Yixian Formation and lived during the Early Cretaceous period of what is today the Liaoning Province of China. The type and only species is I. huchzermeyeri, named in honor of the archosaur palaeontologist Dr. Fritz Huchzermeyer, who died shortly before Iteravis was described.[1]
Palaeobiology
Iteravis ate larger particles of food than Archaeorhynchus, although the exact details of its diet remain enigmatic.[2]
References
- ^ Zhou, Shuang; O'Connor, Jingmai Kathleen; Wang, Min (2014). "A new species from an ornithuromorph (Aves: Ornithothoraces) dominated locality of the Jehol Biota". Chinese Science Bulletin. 59 (36): 5366–5378. doi:10.1007/s11434-014-0669-8. Retrieved 14 February 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.
- ^ Liu, Shumin; Li, Zhiheng; Liu, Di; O'Connor, Jingmai Kathleen (13 October 2023). "Quantifying the gastral mass in Early Cretaceous ornithuromorphs (Aves, Ornithothoraces) from the Jehol avifauna". Palaeontology. 66 (5). doi:10.1111/pala.12677. ISSN 0031-0239. Retrieved 14 February 2025 – via Wiley Online Library.
