Mirusavis
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| Mirusavis Temporal range: Early Cretaceous | |
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| Photograph and interpretive drawing of holotype specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
| Genus: | †Mirusavis Wang et al., 2020 |
| Species: | †M. parvus |
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| †Mirusavis parvus Wang et al., 2020 | |
Mirusavis is a genus of Enantiornithes from the early Cretaceous (Aptian – Barremian) of China recovered in the Yixian Formation. It contains a single species, Mirusavis parvus.
The genus name Mirusavis comes from the Latin words mirus (unexpected) and words avis (bird), in reference to the unusual discovery of the holotype preserved during the laying cycle. The species name words parvus means "small" in Latin.
