Navaornis hestiae

"bird"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Navaornis 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (85–75 Mya)
Place
Brazil
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.

Navaornis is an extinct genus of enantiornithean birds from the Late Cretaceous Adamantina Formation of Brazil. The genus contains a single species, N. hestiae, known from a well preserved skull and skeleton.

What we know

  • Named by Chiappe et al., 2024.
  • Fossils found in Brazil.

What we guess

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