Falcatakely forsterae Falcatakely
"small scythe"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Falcatakely 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
- Place
- Madagascar
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Falcatakely forsterae (meaning “small scythe” from the Latin falcatus and Malagasy kely, in reference to the shape of the beak) is an extinct genus of enantiornithean that lived during the period Upper Cretaceous, approximately 68 to 70 million years ago, in what is now Madagascar. Its fossil remains date back to the Maevarano Formation bird known from partial fossils from northern Madagascar. The genus contains a single species, Falcatakely forsterae.
What we know
- Named by O'Connor et al., 2020.
- Fossils found in Madagascar.