Cratoavis
Temporal range: Aptian
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: Enantiornithes
Clade: Euenantiornithes
Genus: Cratoavis
Carvalho et al., 2015
Species:
C. cearensis
Binomial name
Cratoavis cearensis
Carvalho et al., 2015

Cratoavis is a genus of enantiornithines. The type and only currently described species is C. cearensis, from the Early Cretaceous of Araripe Basin, Ceará, Brazil. The fossil, an articulated skeleton with feathers attached to the wings and surrounding the body, extends considerably the temporal record of the group at South America.[1]

The genus was named after the Crato Formation, in which the specimen was found.[1]

Phylogeny

Cratoavis in the cladogram from Wang et al., 2022:[2]

Enantiornithes

Cruralispennia

Protopteryx

Elsornis

Flexomornis

Longipterygidae

Iberomesornis

bh
bh

Longirostravis

Rapaxavis

Euenantiornithes
c
e

Sinornis

e

Enantiornis

Halimornis

Concornis

Neuquenornis

c
b

Eoalulavis

Liaoningornis

Gobipteryx

Hebeiornis

Eocathayornis

Qiliania

Avisauridae

Intiornis

Soroavisaurus

Avisaurus

Gettyia

n

Mirarce

e

Feitianius

fn

Longusunguis

fn
n

Dunhuangia

fn

Musivavis

Pengornithidae

Pengornis

m

Yuanchuavis

Eopengornis

Parapengornis

m

Grabauornis

Parvavis

Cratoavis

Gretcheniao

Huoshanornis

Shengjingornis

Zhouornis

Bohaiornithidae

Bohaiornis

ij

Eoenantiornis

Fortunguavis

Mystiornis

Shenqiornis

Sulcavis

l

Key to letters:

b = Boluochia
c = Cathayornis
e = Enantiophoenix
f = Houornis
h = Longipteryx
i = Parabohaiornis
j = Pterygornis
l = Vorona
m = Yuanjiawaornis
n = Yungavolucris

References

  1. 1 2 de Souza Carvalho, I.; Novas, F. E.; Agnolín, F. L.; Isasi, M. P.; Freitas, F. I.; Andrade, J. A. (2015). "A new genus and species of enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil". Brazilian Journal of Geology. 45 (2): 161–171. doi:10.1590/23174889201500020001.
  2. Wang, Xuri; Cau, Andrea; Luo, Xiaoling; Kundrát, Martin; Wu, Wensheng; Ju, Shubin; Guo, Zhen; Liu, Yichuan; Ji, Qiang (2022-02-11). "A new bohaiornithid-like bird from the Lower Cretaceous of China fills a gap in enantiornithine disparity". Journal of Paleontology. 96 (4): 961–976. doi:10.1017/jpa.2022.12. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 247432530.


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