Iberomesornis romerali

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Iberomesornis 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (125 Mya)
Place
Spain
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.

Iberomesornis (“Iberian intermediate bird”) is a monotypic genus of enantiornithine bird of the Cretaceous of Spain.

What we know

  • Named by Sanz & Bonaparte, 1992.
  • Fossils found in Spain.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Iberomesornis — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.