Alamitornis minutus Alamitornis
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Alamitornis 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (70–66 Mya)
- Place
- South America · Argentina
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
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.