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.