Kaririavis

Kariri bird

• Kariri · Place name (Cariri region, Brazil) · the Cariri/Kariri region
• avis · Latin · bird

The name combines "Kariri", a reference to the Cariri region of northeastern Brazil where the fossil was found, with the Latin word for bird, "avis". It means "bird of Kariri" and marks the region's Araripe Basin fossil beds. The type species name, mater, is Latin for "mother".

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stage

Aptian

Found in

Crato Formation, Araripe Basin, Ceará, Brazil

Kaririavis mater is an early bird (an avialan, probably an enantiornithine or close relative). It is a feathered theropod dinosaur in the broad sense. The author and year are left blank because I am not certain of them.