Sazavis
Sazavis was an enantiornithine bird from the Late Cretaceous. It might have been related to Alexornis and Kizylkumavis and lived in what is now the Kyzyl Kum of Uzbekistan.
| Sazavis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
| Genus: | †Sazavis Nesov, 1989 vide Nesov & Jarkov, 1989 |
| Species: | †S. prisca |
| Binomial name | |
| †Sazavis prisca Nesov, 1989 vide Nesov & Jarkov, 1989 | |
There is a single species known to date, Sazavis prisca. It is only known from a single piece of tibiotarsus.
The bone has been found in the Bissekty Formation. The bird was approximately some 18.5 cm (c.7 in) long in life, excluding the tail .
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