Procrax brevipes PRO-cra

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Procrax 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (37–33.9 Mya)
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Galliformes

Procrax is a galliformes known from the Cretaceous period, of uncertain origin. Most of what’s published comes from a small number of specimens, and the fuller picture of how it lived is still being worked out.

What we know

  • Originally named by Tordoff and Macdonald 1957.