Mirarce eatoni
"wonderful winged messenger"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Mirarce 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (76–74.1 Mya)
- Place
- Utah, USA
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Avisauridae
Mirarce (meaning “wonderful winged messenger”) is a genus of enantornithe bird from the Late Cretaceous of Utah. It contains a single species, M. eatoni. It was similar in size to modern turkeys.
What we know
- Named by Atterholt et al., 2018.
- Fossils found in Utah, USA.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Mirarce — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.