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Kaririavis

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Kaririavis
Temporal range: Aptian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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  1. ^ 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.