Evgenavis fossil map
Where fossils of Evgenavis have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 115 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 115 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Theropods |
|---|---|
| Lived | 125.77–113.2 million years ago (Barremian to Aptian) |
| Periods | Cretaceous |
| Named by | O'Connor et al. 2014 |
| Fossil records | 1 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | Russia |
| Rock formations | Ilek |
About Evgenavis
Evgenavis (named after the Russian paleontologist Evgeny Kurochkin) is a genus of pygostylian avialan that lived from the Barremian to the Aptian. The type specimen, ZIN PH 1/154, is an isolated tarsometatarsus found in the Ilek Formation (Shestakovo locality), Western Siberia. Evgenavis is anatomically similar to members of the Confuciusornithiformes, which would make it the only member of this clade known outside the Jehol Biota. However, a phylogenetic analysis instead resolved it as a member of the Enantiornithes. A cladogram within a 2019 study involving a wide range of theropods included Evgenavis as the sister taxon to Longirostravis, generally regarded as a member of the family Longipterygidae.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Evgenavis (revision 1325978317), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q53861911.
