Antarcticavis

Antarcticavis; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Clade:	Ornithurae (?)
Genus:	†Antarcticavis; Cordes-Person et al., 2020
Type species
	†Antarcticavis capelambensis; Cordes-Person et al., 2020

Antarcticavis (meaning "Antarctic bird") is an extinct genus of bird of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly a member of Ornithuromorpha belonging to the group Ornithurae. It is known from a partial skeleton which was discovered in the Snow Hill Island Formation in Antarctica. The type and only species, Antarcticavis capelambensis, was announced in 2019 although the final version of the article naming it was published in 2020.[1] It was the first extinct bird genus described in 2020.

References

Amanda Cordes-Person; Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche; Judd Case; James Martin (2020). "An enigmatic bird from the lower Maastrichtian of Vega Island, Antarctica". Cretaceous Research. 108: Article 104314. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104314.

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[1] Amanda Cordes-Person; Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche; Judd Case; James Martin (2020). "An enigmatic bird from the lower Maastrichtian of Vega Island, Antarctica". Cretaceous Research. 108: Article 104314. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104314.