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LONGICRUSAVIS
(long-e-cru-sa-viss)
meaning: "long shin bird"
Named By: J. K. O'Connor, K.inQ. Gao & L. M. Chiappe in 2010
Time Period: Early Cretaceous, 122 Ma
Location: China, Liaoning Province - Yixian Formation
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Insectivore
Fossil(s): Almost complete individual preserved on a slab
Classification: | Chordata | Aves | Yanornithiformes | Hongshanornithidae |
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Longicrusavis (meaning "long shin bird" in Latin) is an extinct genus of basal ornithuromorph bird within the family Hongshanornithidae. Remains have been found from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation in Liaoning Province, China.

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