Kaririavis

Kaririavis; Temporal range:
Scientific 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 ornithuromorphs 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: e1988623. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.1988623. S2CID 244059488.

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[Carvalho2021-1] 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: e1988623. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.1988623. S2CID 244059488.