Kaririavis Kaririavis

"Etymology TBD"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Kaririavis 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
Place
Gondwana · Brazil
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Kaririavis is an extinct genus of ornithuromorph dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. It contains one species, K. mater. It is known only from its holotype, which consists of a single foot. Kaririavis is the oldest known ornithuromorph from Gondwana.

What we know

  • Named by Carvalho et al., 2021.
  • Fossils found in Gondwana and Brazil.