Amitabha urbsinterdictensis a-mi-TA-bha

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Amitabha 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (51.1–45.9 Mya)
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Galliformes

Amitabha is a galliformes known from the Cretaceous period, of uncertain origin. Most of what’s published comes from a small number of specimens, and the fuller picture of how it lived is still being worked out.

What we know

  • Originally named by Gulas-Wroblewski and Wroblewski 2003.