Kookne yeutensis Kookne

"Etymology TBD"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Kookne 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (70 Mya)
Place
Argentina
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Kookne is a prehistoric ornithuran genus from the Late Cretaceous. Known from a coracoid, the remains of the only known species Kookne yeutensis were found in rocks from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Chorrillo Formation of Santa Cruz, Argentina.

What we know

  • Named by Novas et al, 2019.
  • Fossils found in Argentina.