Alcmonavis
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Alcmonavis 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (150.8–148.5 Mya)
- Place
- Germany
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Alcmonavis is a basal genus of avialan dinosaur that during the Late Jurassic lived in the area of present Germany. The only named species in the genus is Alcmonavis poeschli. Its only known fossil was originally reported as a specimen of Archaeopteryx.
What we know
- Named by Rauhut, Tischlinger & Foth, 2019.
- Fossils found in Germany.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Alcmonavis — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.