Castignovolucris sebei
"Castigno valley bird"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Castignovolucris 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (74–72 Mya)
- Place
- France
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Castignovolucris (meaning “Castigno valley bird”) is an extinct genus of enantornithe bird from the Late Cretaceous “continental red clays” of the Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation of France. It contains a single species, C. sebei, which was named and described in 2023.
What we know
- Named by Buffetaut, Angst & Tong, 2023.
- Fossils found in France.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Castignovolucris — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.