Martinavis
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Martinavis 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (75–70 Mya)
- Place
- North America · Argentina · France
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Martinavis is a genus of enantiornithine birds which existed in what is now southern France, North America and Salta Province, Argentina during the late Cretaceous period. It was named by Cyril A. Walker, Eric Buffetaut and Gareth J. Dyke in 2007, and the type species is Martinavis cruzyensis.
What we know
- Named by Walker, Buffetaut & Dyke, 2007.
- Fossils found in North America and Argentina.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Martinavis — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.