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Cratoavis

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Cratoavis
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: †Enantiornithes
Genus: †Cratoavis
Carvalho et al., 2015
Species:
†C. cearensis
Binomial name
†Cratoavis cearensis
Carvalho et al., 2015

Cratoavis is a genus of enantiornithine birds. The type and only currently described species is C. cearensis, from the Early Cretaceous of Araripe Basin, Ceará, Brazil. The fossil, an articulated skeleton with feathers attached to the wings and surrounding the body, extends considerably the temporal record of the group at South America.[1]

The genus was named after the Crato Member lithostratigraphic unit, where the specimen was found.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Carvalho, I. S.; Novas, F. E.; Agnolín, F. L.; Isasi, M. P.; Freitas, F. I.; Andrade, J. A. (2015) A new genus and species of enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Geology 45 (2): 161-171.
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