Lectavis

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Lectavis 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Cretaceous (145–66 Mya)
Place
Argentina
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.

Lectavis is a genus of enantiornithine avialan. Their fossil bones have been recovered from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, c. 70.6 – 66 mya) Lecho Formation at estancia El Brete, Argentina. The genus contains a single species, Lectavis bretincola.

What we know

  • Named by Chiappe 1993.
  • Fossils found in Argentina.

What we guess

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