Yungavolucris
"foot"
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Cretaceous (145–66 Mya)
- Place
- Argentina
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Yungavolucris is a genus of enantiornitheans. It contains the single species Yungavolucris brevipedalis, which lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, c.70.6 – 66 mya). The fossil bones were found in the Lecho Formation at estancia El Brete, Argentina.”Yungavolucris brevipedalis” means “Short-footed Yungas bird”. The generic name, Yungavolucris is after the Yungas region + the Latin volucris, which translates to “bird” (literally “flyer”). The specific name brevipedalis is from the Latin brevis, which means “short”, + pedalis, from the Latin pes, meaning “foot”.
What we know
- Named by Chiappe 1993.
- Fossils found in Argentina.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Yungavolucris — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.