Genus: Evgenavis O’CONNOR, AVERIANOV, & ZELENKOV, 2014
Etymology: In honor of the late Russian paleornithologist Evgeny Kurochkin, as much for his incredible contributions to science as for his kind and noble spirit.

Species: nobilis O’CONNOR, AVERIANOV, & ZELENKOV, 2014
Etymology: In honor of the late Russian paleornithologist Evgeny Kurochkin, as much for his incredible contributions to science as for his kind and noble spirit.

Holotype: ZIN PH 1/154

Locality: Sh-3 (Shestakovo 3), approximately 40 km south of Mariinsk City, 55°54’12”N latitude and 87°57’28”E longitude, Chebula District, Kemerovo Province, Western Siberia, Asian Russia.

Horizon: Ilek Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Khukhtekian age, Aptian-Albian Stage, Middle Gallic Subepoch, Upper Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.

Material: An isolated right tarsometatarsus missing only the proximal half of metatarsal IV.