Horezmavis Nessov and Borkin 1983 (bird)

Aves - Gruiformes

Full reference: L. A. Nessov and L. Y. Borkin. 1983. New findings of birds' bones from the Cretaceous of Mongolia and Middle Asia. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 116:108-110

Parent taxon: Gruiformes according to E. N. Kurochkin 2000

See also Nessov and Borkin 1983

Sister taxa: Anisolornis, Aramidae, Asiavis, Bumbanipes, Bumbaniralla, Cariamae, Eurypygae, Grues, Gruidae, Heliornithidae, Messelornithidae, Psophiidae, Rallidae, Salmilidae

Subtaxa: Horezmavis eocretacea

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Type: Horezmavis eocretacea

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at SH-20, Khodzhakul (Cretaceous of Uzbekistan)

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