Mirusavis
Sign in to saveMirusavis is a genus of Enantiornithes from the early Cretaceous (Aptian – Barremian) of China recovered in the Yixian Formation. It contains a single species, Mirusavis parvus.
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Mirusavis is a genus of Enantiornithes from the early Cretaceous (Aptian – Barremian) of China recovered in the Yixian Formation. It contains a single species, Mirusavis parvus.
== Etymology == The genus name Mirusavis comes from the Latin words (unexpected) and words (bird), in reference to the unusual discovery of the holotype preserved during the laying cycle. The species name words means "small" in Latin.
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