Tingmiatornis arctica Tingmiatornis

"bird that flies"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Tingmiatornis 2.4 m (7.9 ft) long
2 people holding hands
Length
2.4 m (7.9 ft)
Period
Cretaceous (145–66 Mya)
Place
Canada
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Tingmiatornis (meaning “bird that flies”) is a genus of flighted and possibly diving ornithuran dinosaur from the High Arctic of Canada. The genus contains a single species, T. arctica, described in 2016, which lived during the Turonian epoch of the Cretaceous.

What we know

  • Named by Bono et al., 2016.
  • Body length estimated at about 2.4 m.
  • Fossils found in Canada.