Cretaaviculus
Extinct genus of birds
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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, asymmetrical contour feather.[1]
| Cretaaviculus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Genus: | †Cretaaviculus Bazhanov, 1969 |
| Species: | †C. sarysuensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Cretaaviculus sarysuensis Bazhanov, 1969 | |
