Eoalulavis hoyasi Sanz et al. 1996 (bird)

Aves - Enantiornithes

Full reference: J. L. Sanz, L. M. Chiappe, B. P. Pérez-Moreno, A. D. Buscalioni, J. J. Moratalla, F. Ortega, and F. J. Poyato-Ariza. 1996. An Early Cretaceous bird from Spain and its implications for the evolution of avian flight. Nature 382:442-445

Belongs to Eoalulavis according to K. Padian 2004

See also Pérez-Moreno and Sanz 1997 and Sanz et al. 1996

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: LH 13500, a skeleton (complete skeleton with feathers and digestive contents). Its type locality is Las Hoyas (MCCM collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone/packstone in the La Huérguina Formation of Spain.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Las Hoyas (MCCM collection)

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