Navaornis

Navaornis
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (late Santonian–early Campanian), 85–75 Ma
Three-dimensional cranial reconstruction of Navaornis.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: †Enantiornithes
Genus: †Navaornis
Chiappe et al., 2024
Species:
†N. hestiae
Binomial name
†Navaornis hestiae
Chiappe et al., 2024

Navaornis is an extinct genus of enantiornithine birds from the Late Cretaceous Adamantina Formation of Brazil. The genus contains a single species, N. hestiae, known from a well preserved skull and skeleton.[1]

  1. ^ Chiappe, Luis M.; Navalón, Guillermo; Martinelli, Agustín G.; Carvalho, Ismar de Souza; Miloni Santucci, Rodrigo; Wu, Yun-Hsin; Field, Daniel J. (2024-10-30). "Cretaceous bird from Brazil informs the evolution of the avian skull and brain". Nature. 635 (8038): 376–381. doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08114-4. ISSN 1476-4687.