Parvavis
| Parvavis Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
|---|---|
| Life reconstruction of Parvavis chuxiongensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
| Genus: | †Parvavis Wang et al., 2014 |
| Species: | †P. chuxiongensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Parvavis chuxiongensis Wang et al., 2014 | |
Parvavis is a genus of enantiornithean bird, known from the upper Cretaceous of China in the Jiangdihe Formation. The type and only species, Parvavis chuxiongensis, was recovered in Luojumei Village, Chuxiong City, Yunnan Province, southern China, and it was the only known Mesozoic bird from south China at the time of its discovery. Based on its bone structure, the holotype was determined to be nearly fully grown at its time of death and would have been smaller than Iberomesornis, the smallest known enantiornithine prior to the description of Parvavis.