Soroavisaurus

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Soroavisaurus
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Subclass: Enantiornithes
Superorder: Euenantiornithes
Order: Enantiornithiformes
Family: Avisauridae
Genus: Soroavisaurus
Species: S. australis
Binomial name
Soroavisaurus australis

Soroavisaurus australis was an enantiornithine bird related to Avisaurus. It lived during the Late Cretaceous about 92 mya[verification needed] and is known from fossils found in the Lecho Formation of El Brete, Argentina. It is presently the only known species of the genus Soroavisaurus.