Pujatopouli

Pujatopouli
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
Holotype of Pujatopouli soberana (MLP-PV 08-XI-30-44)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Aequornithes
Genus: †Pujatopouli
Irazoqui et al., 2026
Species:
†P. soberana
Binomial name
†Pujatopouli soberana
Irazoqui et al., 2026

Pujatopouli (lit. 'Pujato's bird') is an extinct genus of neoavian birds from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian stage) Lopez de Bertodano Formation of Seymour Island (Marambio Island), Antarctica. The genus contains a single species, Pujatopouli soberana, known from a partially preserved skull and several associated postcranial elements, representing one of the most complete Neornithes (crown group bird) from the Mesozoic era.

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