Incolornis silvae Incolornis
"inhabitant bird"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Incolornis 5 m (16.4 ft) long
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- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (89–86 Mya)
- Place
- Uzbekistan
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Alexornithidae
Incolornis (meaning “inhabitant bird”) is an extinct genus of basal birds from the Late Cretaceous (Coniacian, 89–86 mya). Remains have been found in the Bissekty Formation in Uzbekistan. It is only known from fragmentary coracoids. The systematic position of the genus is unclear; it might have been an enantiornithine bird.
Two species are known, Incolonis silvae and Incolornis martini; the latter was initially placed in the genus Enantiornis. The estimated length of these animals was 135 mm for I. silvae and 220 mm for I. martini.
What we know
- Named by Panteleev, 1998.
- Fossils found in Uzbekistan.