Zhyraornis

{{Short description|Extinct genus of dinosaurs}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Turonian, {{fossilrange|92}}

| display_parents = 3

| grandparent_authority = Nesov, 1992

| parent_authority = Nesov, 1984

| taxon = Zhyraornis

| authority = Nesov, 1984

| type_species = {{extinct}}Zhyraornis kashkarovi

| type_species_authority = Nesov, 1984

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• {{extinct}}Z. kashkarovi Nesov, 1984
• {{extinct}}Z. logunovi Nesov, 1992

}}

Zhyraornis is a genus of prehistoric bird from the late Cretaceous period (middle Turonian, 92 mya).Averianov, A.O. (2010). "[http://www.zin.ru/journals/trudyzin/doc/vol_314_3/TZ_314_3_Averyanov.pdf The osteology of Azhdarcho lancicollis Nessov, 1984 (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan]." Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 314(3): 246-317. Its fossils have been found in Bissekty Formation deposits near Dzharakuduk in the Kyzyl Kum, Uzbekistan. Two species have been assigned to this genus: Zhyraornis kashkarovi and Zhyraornis logunovi. Both are known only from partial pelvic bones (synsacra).