Alamitornis minutus
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Alamitornis 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (70–66 Mya)
- Place
- South America · Argentina
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Alamitornis is an extinct genus of basal ornithuromorph dinosaurs, possibly within the family Patagopterygidae. Remains have been found in the Upper Cretaceous Los Alamitos Formation at Los Alamitos, Río Negro Province, Argentina. It was first named by Federico L. Agnolin and Agustín G. Martinelli in 2009 and the type species is Alamitornis minutus.
What we know
- Named by Agnolin & Martinelli 2009.
- Fossils found in South America and Argentina.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Alamitornis — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.