Biology:Abitusavis
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Short description: Extinct genus of birds
| Abitusavis Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Aptian
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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 |
| Family: | †Yanornithidae |
| Genus: | †Abitusavis Wang et al., 2020 |
| Species: | †A. lii
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| †Abitusavis lii Wang et al., 2020
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Abitusavis (meaning "departure bird") is an extinct genus of ornithuromorphs from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China . The genus contains a single species, Abitusavis lii, known from a nearly complete skeleton.[1]
References
- ↑ Min Wang; Zhiheng Li; Qingguo Liu; Zhonghe Zhou (2020). "Two new Early Cretaceous ornithuromorph birds provide insights into the taxonomy and divergence of Yanornithidae (Aves: Ornithothoraces)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18 (21): 1805–1827. doi:10.1080/14772019.2020.1836050.
Wikidata ☰ Q104471803 entry
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