Kizylkumavis
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Kizylkumavis was an enantiornithine bird. It lived during the Late Cretaceous about 75 mya and is known from fossil
s found in the Bissekty Formation
of the Kyzyl Kum
, Uzbekistan
.
It is sometimes allied with Alexornis
and Sazavis
, but this is very doubtful.
Fossil
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
s found in the Bissekty Formation
Bissekty Formation
The Bissekty Formation is situated in the Kyzyl Kum desert of Uzbekistan, and dates from the late Cretaceous Period. Laid down in the early the Turonian to Coniacian stages, it is dated to about 90-85 ma .The Bissekty Formation is characterised by a mix of marine, brackish, freshwater, and...
of the Kyzyl Kum
Kyzyl Kum
The Kyzyl Kum , also called Qyzylqum, is the 11th largest desert in the world. Its name means Red Sand in Turkic languages. It is located in Central Asia in the doab between the rivers Amu Darya and Syr Darya, and is divided between Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan...
, Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
.
It is sometimes allied with Alexornis
Alexornis
Alexornis is a genus of enantiornithine bird from the Late Cretaceous of southwestern North America. The type and only species is Alexornis antecedens....
and Sazavis
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....
, but this is very doubtful.