Kuszholia

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Kuszholia
Temporal range:
Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: Enantiornithes
Family: Kuszholiidae
Nesov
, 1992
Genus: Kuszholia
Nesov, 1992
Species:
K. mengi
Binomial name
Kuszholia mengi
Nesov, 1992

Kuszholia (meaning "

Kyzyl Kum desert of Uzbekistan
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The genus contains a single species, K. mengi; a separate family has been erected for it (Kuszholiidae). It is known only from a series of small vertebrae, with prominent hollow chambers (pneumaticity).[1]

References

  1. ^ Nesov, L.A. (1992). "Record of the Localities of Mesozoic and Paleogene with Avian Remains in the USSR, and the description of New Findings." Russian Journal of Ornithology, 1: 7-50. [Article in Russian]

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