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.