Imparavis attenboroughi
"odd bird"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Imparavis 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (120 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Imparavis (meaning “odd bird”) is an extinct genus of enantiornithean birds from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-aged) Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning Province, China. The genus contains a single species, I. attenboroughi, known from a well-preserved skeleton.
What we know
- Named by Wang et al., 2024.
- Fossils found in China.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Imparavis — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.