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.
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