Enantiophoenix electrophyla
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Enantiophoenix 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (95 Mya)
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Avisauridae
Enantiophoenix is an extinct genus of enantiornithean birds known from fossil remains recovered from the Sannine Formation of Lebanon. Lumps of amber preserved with one specimen indicate it may have fed on tree sap.
What we know
- Named by Cau & Arduini, 2008.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Enantiophoenix — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.