Chupkaornis keraorum
"eastern bird"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Chupkaornis 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (89–85 Mya)
- Place
- Japan
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Hesperornithiformes
Chupkaornis (meaning “eastern bird”) is a genus of prehistoric flightless birds from the Late Cretaceous (Coniacian-Santonian) Kashima Formation of Hokkaido, Japan. The type species is Chupkaornis keraorum.
What we know
- Named by Tanaka et al., 2017.
- Fossils found in Japan.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Chupkaornis — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.