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Cretaaviculus

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Cretaaviculus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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  1. ^ Nessov, 1992. Mesozoic and Paleogene birds of the USSR and their paleoenvironments. in Campbell (ed). Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb. 465-478.