Zhyraornis

Zhyraornis
Temporal range: Turonian, 92 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Euornithes
Suborder: Zhyraornithi
Nesov, 1992
Family: Zhyraornithidae
Nesov, 1984
Genus: Zhyraornis
Nesov, 1984
Type species
Zhyraornis kashkarovi
Nesov, 1984
Species
  • Z. kashkarovi Nesov, 1984
  • Z. logunovi Nesov, 1992

Zhyraornis is a genus of prehistoric bird from the late Cretaceous period (middle Turonian, 92 mya).[1] Its fossils have been found in Bissekty Formation deposits near Dzharakuduk in the Kyzyl Kum, Uzbekistan. Two species have been assigned to this genus: Zhyraornis kashkarovi and Zhyraornis logunovi. Both are known only from partial pelvic bones (synsacra).

  1. ^ Averianov, A.O. (2010). "The osteology of Azhdarcho lancicollis Nessov, 1984 (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan." Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 314(3): 246-317.