[D] Vorona berivotrensis [~/~]
Describer
Forster, Chiappe,, Krause & Sampson, 1996
Time
Cretaceous Late Campanian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Maniraptora Avialae Ornithothoraces
Fossilsite
Maevarano Formation, near the village of Berivotra, (Majunga), Madagascar
Info
Partial hindlimbs Holotype: FMNH PA 715
The partial hindlimbs of this crow-sized fossil indicated a close relationship to the extinct Enantiornithes, the most common group of birds contemporary with the dinosaurs.
Forster, Chiappe,, Krause & Sampson, 1996
Time
Cretaceous Late Campanian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Maniraptora Avialae Ornithothoraces
Fossilsite
Maevarano Formation, near the village of Berivotra, (Majunga), Madagascar
Info
Partial hindlimbs Holotype: FMNH PA 715
The partial hindlimbs of this crow-sized fossil indicated a close relationship to the extinct Enantiornithes, the most common group of birds contemporary with the dinosaurs.