Novavis Temporal range: Early Cretaceous (Aptian),
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Avialae |
Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
Genus: | †Novavis O'Connor et al., 2025 |
Species: | †N. pubisculata
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Binomial name | |
†Novavis pubisculata O'Connor et al., 2025
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Novavis (meaning "strange bird") is an extinct genus of enantiornithean birds from the Early Cretaceous Xiagou Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, N. pubisculata, known from a partial skeleton. The pubis bone of Novavis is unusually short compared to other related birds.