Evgenavis
Evgenavis Temporal range:
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Illustration of the type specimen of Evgenavis, a tarsometatarsus
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Avialae |
Clade: | Avebrevicauda |
Clade: | Pygostylia |
Genus: | †Evgenavis O'Connor et al., 2014 |
Type species | |
†Evgenavis nobilis O'Connor et al., 2014
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Evgenavis (named after the Russian
confuciusornithiform known outside the Jehol Biota, although there is also the possibility that it could have been a different type of avialan, such as an enantiornithean or a relative of Vorona.[1] A cladogram within a 2019 study involving a wide range of theropods included Evgenavis as a longipterygid.[2]
References
- S2CID 85679607.
- ^ Hartman, Scott; Mortimer, Mickey; Wahl, William R.; Lomax, Dean R.; Lippincott, Jessica; Lovelace, David M. (2019). "A new paravian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America supports a late acquisition of avian flight". PeerJ. 7: e7247. doi:10.7717/peerj.7247. PMC 6626525. PMID 31333906.