Cratonavis
| Cratonavis Temporal range: Early Cretaceous (Aptian), ~ | |
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| Life restoration of Cratonavis (left) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Family: | †Jinguofortisidae |
| Genus: | †Cratonavis Li et al., 2023 |
| Species: | †C. zhui |
| Binomial name | |
| †Cratonavis zhui Li et al., 2023 | |
Cratonavis (meaning "Craton bird") is an extinct genus of pygostylian avialian from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning Province, China. The genus contains a single species, C. zhui, known from a complete skeleton.
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