Brodavis americanus

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall

Brodavis 5 m (16.4 ft) long

as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip

Length: 5 m (16.4 ft)
Period: Early Cretaceous (80.5 Mya)
Place: North America · Asia · United States · Canada
Food: Herbivore
Clade: Brodavidae

Brodavis is a genus of freshwater hesperornithiform birds known from the Late Cretaceous (possibly Campanian and Maastrichtian stage) of North America and Asia. It was first described and named by Larry D. Martin, Evgeny N. Kurochkin and Tim T. Tokaryk in 2012 and assigned to a new monogeneric family, Brodavidae. Four species were described and assigned to Brodavis.

thumb|Size comparison of the tarsometatarsus of B. varneri (A), B. americanus (B), and B.baileyi (C) The type species, B. americanus, is known from the holotype left metatarsal, RSM P 2315.1 which was collected in the Maastrichtian-age Frenchman Formation of Canada.

What we know

Named by Martin et al., 2012.
Fossils found in North America and Asia.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Brodavis — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.