Martinavis

Name: Martinavis.
Phonetic: Mar-tin-a-vis.
Named By: C.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Walker,‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Buffetaut‭ & ‬G.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Dyke‭ ‬-‭ ‬2007.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Enantiornithes,‭ ‬Euenantiornithes.
Species: M.‭ ‬cruzyensis‭ (‬type‭)‬,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬minor,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬saltariensis,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬vincei,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬whetstonei.
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Argentina‭ ‬-‭ ‬Lecho Formation.‭ ‬France‭ ‬-‭ ‬Grès à Reptiles Formation.‭ ‬USA.
Time period: Campanian/Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of several individuals.

       Martinavis is a genus of enantiornithine bird which lived during the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬So far Martinavis is known from several species,‭ ‬and fossils discovered in France,‭ ‬Argentina as well potential remains in the USA.‭ ‬If all these fossils are valid,‭ ‬then at a genus level,‭ ‬Martinavis would have been one of the most widespread enantiornithine birds.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Large euenantiornithine birds from the Cretaceous of southern France,‭ ‬North America and Argentina.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Geological Magazine.‭ ‬-‭ ‬C.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Walker,‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Buffetaut‭ & ‬G.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Dyke‭ ‬-‭ ‬2007.
-‭ ‬Euenantiornithine birds from the Late Cretaceous of El Brete‭ (‬Argentina‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Irish Journal of Earth Sciences‭ ‬27:‭ ‬15‭–‬62.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Cyril A.‭ ‬Walker‭ & ‬Gareth J.‭ ‬Dyke‭ ‬-‭ ‬2009.



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