Avisaurus

Avisaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Holotype tarsometatarsus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: Enantiornithes
Family: Avisauridae
Genus: Avisaurus
Brett-Surman & Paul, 1985
Type species
Avisaurus archibaldi
Brett-Surman & Paul, 1985
Species
  • A. archibaldi Brett-Surman and Paul, 1985

Avisaurus (meaning "bird lizard") is a genus of enantiornithine avialan from the Late Cretaceous of North America.[1]