Sazavis
Sign in to saveSazavis was an enantiornithine bird from the Late Cretaceous. It might have been related to Nanantius and lived in what is now the Kyzyl Kum of Uzbekistan. There is a single species known to date, Sazavis prisca.
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Sazavis was an enantiornithine bird from the Late Cretaceous. It might have been related to Nanantius and lived in what is now the Kyzyl Kum of Uzbekistan. There is a single species known to date, Sazavis prisca.
== Etymology == The generic name is composed of the Kazakh саз (saz) ("clay") and the Latin avis ("bird"), referring to the clay depression of Uzbekistan, near which this bird was discovered. The name is derived from the Latin priscus and means "ancient."
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