Yatenavis ieujensis Yatenavis
"stone bird"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Yatenavis 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
- Place
- Argentina
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Yatenavis (meaning “stone bird”) is an extinct genus of enantiornithine bird from the Late Cretaceous Chorrillo Formation of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. The genus contains a single species, Y. ieujensis, known from a partial humerus.
What we know
- Named by Herrera et al., 2022.
- Fossils found in Argentina.