Abitusavis (meaning "departure bird") is an extinct genus of ornithuromorph dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, Abitusavis lii, known from a nearly complete skeleton.[1]

Abitusavis
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Aptian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: Ornithuromorpha
Family: Yanornithidae
Genus: Abitusavis
Wang et al., 2020
Species:
A. lii
Binomial name
Abitusavis lii
Wang et al., 2020

References

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  1. ^ Min Wang; Zhiheng Li; Qingguo Liu; Zhonghe Zhou (2020). "Two new Early Cretaceous ornithuromorph birds provide insights into the taxonomy and divergence of Yanornithidae (Aves: Ornithothoraces)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 18 (21): 1805–1827. doi:10.1080/14772019.2020.1836050.