Fortipesavis prehendens
"strong-footed bird"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Fortipesavis 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (98.8 Mya)
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Fortipesavis (“strong-footed bird”) is an extinct genus of enantiornithean bird from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian age) of Myanmar. The genus contains a single species, Fortipesavis prehendens, known from a partial left foot preserved in amber. The outermost toe of Fortipesavis is unusually robust, and likely gave the animal greater stability and grip when perching.
What we know
- Named by Clark & O'Connor, 2021.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Fortipesavis — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.