Iteravis
| Iteravis Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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| AGB5841, a specimen referred to I. huchzermeyeri | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Clade: | Ornithuromorpha |
| Genus: | †Iteravis Zhou, Wang, & O'Connor, 2014 |
| Type species | |
| †Iteravis huchzermeyeri Zhou, Wang, & O'Connor, 2014
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| External image | |
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| Speculative life restoration of Iteravis |
Iteravis (lit. 'journey bird') is an extinct genus of ornithuromorph bird known from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of what is today the Liaoning Province of China. The genus contains a single species, Iteravis huchzermeyeri, named in honor of the archosaur palaeontologist Dr. Fritz Huchzermeyer, who died shortly before Iteravis was described. The relationships between Iteravis and species of Gansus have been debated, with some researchers arguing for a synonymy between the former and G. zheni, and others recovering a closer relationship between the two genera within the family Gansuidae.