Sazavis
Extinct genus of birds
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Sazavis was an enantiornithine bird from the Late Cretaceous.[1] It might have been related to Nanantius and lived in what is now the Kyzyl Kum of Uzbekistan.[2] There is a single species known to date, Sazavis prisca.
| Sazavis Temporal range: Turonian, | |
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| Life reconstruction of Sazavis prisca | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
| Genus: | †Sazavis Nesov, 1989 vide Nesov & Jarkov, 1989 |
| Species: | †S. prisca |
| Binomial name | |
| †Sazavis prisca Nesov, 1989 vide Nesov & Jarkov, 1989 | |
Etymology
Description
It is only known from a single piece of tibiotarsus[1] about 4.5 mm (0.18 in) wide in a distal joint.[2]
The bone has been found in the Bissekty Formation. The bird was the size of a pigeon,[1] approximately 18.5 cm (7.3 in) long in life.[3]
Paleoecology
Sazavis possibly lived on nearby coasts or in the liman forests dominated by the flowering plants of the Platanaceae family.[2]
