| Abavornis Temporal range:
Turonian,
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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: | † Enantiornithes |
| Genus: | †
Abavornis Panteleev, 1998 |
| Species: | †A. bonaparti
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| Binomial name | |
| †Abavornis bonaparti Panteleev, 1998
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Abavornis is the name given to a genus of primitive birds from the Late Cretaceous, containing the single species A. bonaparti (named in honor of the Argentine paleontologist José Bonaparte). It was probably a member of the Enantiornithes, but as it is only known from a single broken coracoid ( TsNIGRI 56/11915), which, however, looks typically enantiornithine, that assignment is tentative. The fossil is from Late Cretaceous Bissekty Formation ( Coniacian, 89–86 MYA) in the Kyzylkum, Uzbekistan. Another partial coracoid ( PO 4605) is very similar and is referred to as Abavornis sp.; it might belong to A. bonaparti and if so show some features which are damaged in the holotype.
- Panteleyev, Andrey V. (1998). "New species of enantiornithines (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Central Kyzylkum". Russkii Ornitologicheskii Zhurnal (in Russian). 35 (Express): 3–15.
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| Abavornis Temporal range:
Turonian,
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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: | † Enantiornithes |
| Genus: | †
Abavornis Panteleev, 1998 |
| Species: | †A. bonaparti
|
| Binomial name | |
| †Abavornis bonaparti Panteleev, 1998
| |
Abavornis is the name given to a genus of primitive birds from the Late Cretaceous, containing the single species A. bonaparti (named in honor of the Argentine paleontologist José Bonaparte). It was probably a member of the Enantiornithes, but as it is only known from a single broken coracoid ( TsNIGRI 56/11915), which, however, looks typically enantiornithine, that assignment is tentative. The fossil is from Late Cretaceous Bissekty Formation ( Coniacian, 89–86 MYA) in the Kyzylkum, Uzbekistan. Another partial coracoid ( PO 4605) is very similar and is referred to as Abavornis sp.; it might belong to A. bonaparti and if so show some features which are damaged in the holotype.
- Panteleyev, Andrey V. (1998). "New species of enantiornithines (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Central Kyzylkum". Russkii Ornitologicheskii Zhurnal (in Russian). 35 (Express): 3–15.
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