Genus: Apsaravis NORELL & CLARKE, 2001
Etymology: Sanskrit, apsara, winged consorts prominent in Buddhist and Hindu art, plus Greek, aves, "bird."

Species: ukhaana NORRELL & CLARKE, 2001
Etymology: In reference to the type locality, Ukhaa Tolgod.

Holotype: IGM 100/1017

Locality: Camels Humps amphitheater, Ukhaa Tolgod, near the salt extraction settlement of Daus, northeastern Nemegt Basin, Gurvan Tes Somon, Ömnögov (South Gobi), Mongolia.

Horizon: Djadochta Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Campanian Stage, Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material: Nearly complete specimen lacking the cervical vertebrae and skull.

Apsaravis ukhaana (after NORRELL & CLARKE, 2001), Holotype: IGM 100/1017.

 

A) Illustration of preserved skeletal elements (after Norell & Clark, 2001); B) part of ventral part of the skull area (after Norell & Clark, 2001). C, D) reconstruction of the skeleton, C) lateral view, D) dorsal view