Full reference: I. D. S. Carvalho, F. L. Agnolin, S. Rozadilla, F. E. Novas, J. A. F. G. Andrade and J. Xavier-Neto. 2021. A new ornithuromorph bird from the Lower Cretaceous of South America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41(4):e1988623
Belongs to Kaririavis according to I. D. S. Carvalho et al. 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UFRJ-DG 116 Av, a partial skeleton (Slab and counterslab including partial right pes, a nearly complete tarsometatarsus and several apparently unconnected pedal phalanges, which are tentatively id). Its type locality is Pedra Branca Quarry (Crato), which is in an Aptian terrestrial lime mudstone in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Pedra Branca Quarry (Crato)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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