Cretaaviculus
Cretaaviculus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Avialae |
Genus: | †Cretaaviculus Bazhanov, 1969 |
Species: | †C. sarysuensis |
Binomial name | |
†Cretaaviculus sarysuensis Bazhanov, 1969 |
Cretaaviculus is an extinct genus of birds from the Upper Cretaceous Bostobe Formation of Kazakhstan. The type species, C. sarysuensis, is known only from an isolated of isolated, asymmetrical contour feather.[1]
References
- ^ Nessov, 1992. Mesozoic and Paleogene birds of the USSR and their paleoenvironments. in Campbell (ed). Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb. 465-478.