Avisaurus
"bird lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Avisaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (68–66 Mya)
- Place
- North America
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Avisauridae
Avisaurus (meaning “bird lizard”) is a genus of enantiornithine avialan from the Late Cretaceous of North America.
What we know
- Named by Brett-Surman & Paul, 1985.
- Fossils found in North America.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Avisaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.