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iYungavolucris Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil) </div>
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Subclass: Enantiornithes Superorder: Euenantiornithes Order: Enantiornithiformes? Family: Avisauridae? Genus: Yungavolucris Species: Y. bretincola
Binomial name
Yungavolucris bretincola

Yungavolucris is a monotypic genus of enantiornithine bird. It contains the single species Yungavolucris bretincola<ref> Etymology: "Yunga flyer living at El Brete". Yungavolucris, after the Yunga region + Latin volucris, "flying". bretincola, after the type locality El Brete + Latin incola, "inhabitant".</ref> which lived in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian, c.95 mya). The fossil bones were found in the Lecho Formation of El Brete, Argentina.

Y. bretincola was an advanced enantiornithine and is sometimes considered to be closely related to Avisaurus, though this is not certain.

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