Sazavis prisca Sazavis

"Etymology TBD"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Sazavis 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (93.5–89.3 Mya)
Place
Uzbekistan
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Alexornithidae

Sazavis was an enantiornithine bird from the Late Cretaceous. It might have been related to Nanantius and lived in what is now the Kyzyl Kum of Uzbekistan. There is a single species known to date, Sazavis prisca.

What we know

  • Named by Nesov, 1989 vide Nesov & Jarkov, 1989.
  • Fossils found in Uzbekistan.