Kaririavis Temporal range:
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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
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Binomial name | |
†Kaririavis mater Carvalho et al., 2021
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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]