Bauxitornis
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Bauxitornis 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (85 Mya)
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Avisauridae
Bauxitornis is an extinct genus of avisaurid enantiornithean birds which lived in what is now Hungary during the late Cretaceous period (Santonian age). Although first mentioned in a 2008 review of Hungarian Cretaceous bird fossils, it was named in a more comprehensive review by Gareth J. Dyke and Attila Ősi in 2010. The type species is Bauxitornis mindszentyae. The generic name “Bauxitornis” refers to the locality at which it was discovered, a Bauxite mine. The specific name “mindszentyae” honors Andrea Mindszenty, Ősi’s advisor.
What we know
- Named by Dyke & Ősi, 2010.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Bauxitornis — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.