| Magnusavis Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian),
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
| Genus: | †Magnusavis |
| Species: | †M. ekalakaensis
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| †Magnusavis ekalakaensis Clark et al., 2024
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Magnusavis (meaning "big bird") is an extinct genus of large enantiornithine birds from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian-aged) Hell Creek Formation of Montana, United States. The genus contains a single species, M. ekalakaensis, known from an incomplete right tarsometatarsus and toe bone.[1]
- ^ Clark, Alexander D.; Atterholt, Jessie; Scannella, John B.; Carroll, Nathan; O'Connor, Jingmai K. (2024-10-09). Pinheiro, Felipe Lima (ed.). "New enantiornithine diversity in the Hell Creek Formation and the functional morphology of the avisaurid tarsometatarsus". PLOS One. 19 (10): e0310686. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0310686. ISSN 1932-6203. PMID 39383133.