Iteravis

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| fossil_range = Early Cretaceous,
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| taxon = Iteravis

| authority = Zhou, Wang, & O'Connor, 2014

| type_species = {{extinct}}Iteravis huchzermeyeri

| type_species_authority = Zhou, Wang, & O'Connor, 2014

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Iteravis ("journey bird") is an extinct genus of ornithuromorph avialan. It was found in the Yixian Formation and lived during the Early Cretaceous period of what is today the Liaoning Province of China. The type and only species is I. huchzermeyeri, named in honor of the archosaur palaeontologist Dr. Fritz Huchzermeyer, who died shortly before Iteravis was described.{{cite journal |last1=Zhou |first1=Shuang |last2=O'Connor |first2=Jingmai Kathleen |last3=Wang |first3=Min |date=2014 |title=A new species from an ornithuromorph (Aves: Ornithothoraces) dominated locality of the Jehol Biota |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11434-014-0669-8 |journal=Chinese Science Bulletin |volume=59 |issue=36 |pages=5366–5378 |doi=10.1007/s11434-014-0669-8 |access-date=14 February 2025 |via=Springer Nature Link|url-access=subscription }}

Palaeobiology

Iteravis ate larger particles of food than Archaeorhynchus, although the exact details of its diet remain enigmatic.{{Cite journal |last=Liu |first=Shumin |last2=Li |first2=Zhiheng |last3=Liu |first3=Di |last4=O'Connor |first4=Jingmai Kathleen |date=13 October 2023 |title=Quantifying the gastral mass in Early Cretaceous ornithuromorphs (Aves, Ornithothoraces) from the Jehol avifauna |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/pala.12677?casa_token=Dx2zKJgyEREAAAAA%3A7Y6knTn0R3f2M8tL5kxh0TML8EndRoOTF4FbDuEv3JIqmS7dSNnjWwblgayDMcTGHJoROzZebg4p2pjF |journal=Palaeontology |language=en |volume=66 |issue=5 |doi=10.1111/pala.12677 |issn=0031-0239 |access-date=14 February 2025 |via=Wiley Online Library|url-access=subscription }}

References

Category:Euornithes

Category:Early Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia

Category:Paleontology in Liaoning