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Kookne

Say it: KOOK-nee

Ate: MeatEarly birdsLate Cretaceous

Kookne was a small, meat-eating bird that lived in what is now Argentina during the Late Cretaceous. It was about the size of a modern crow and used its wings to fly and its beak to catch small prey.2 1

Lived

72 to 66 million years ago2

Late Cretaceous

Fossils found in

La Anita site, Chorrillo Formation, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina2 1

Food

Meat2

Length

0.3 to 0.5 m2

estimated from related ornithurans

When did it live?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114566, the asteroid

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How long was it?

as long as 3 bananas end to end

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Fun facts

Kookne is known only from a single bone called a coracoid, which is part of the shoulder.1

It lived about 70 million years ago, during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous.2 1

Kookne belongs to a group of advanced birds called Ornithurae, which includes modern birds.2 1

The only species in this genus is Kookne yeutensis.2 1

Kookne was a ground-dwelling bird that could also fly.2

AI-made picture of Kookne — An AI-made picture of how Kookne might have looked, made by a computer from what scientists know. It is a guess: the real animal may have looked different, and nobody knows its true colours.

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Most asked questions about Kookne

?What did Kookne eat?

Kookne was a meat-eater. It used its beak to catch small prey.2 1

?How big was Kookne?

Kookne was about the size of a modern crow. It was a small bird.1

?Could Kookne fly?

Yes, Kookne could fly. It had wings and was an agile bird that could fly.1

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Scientific name: Kookne
Named by: Novas et al. 20192
Group: Early birds
Family / clade: Ornithurae2
Classification: Theropoda > Avialae2
Age of the rocks: 72 to 66 million years (Maastrichtian)2
Rock formations: Chorrillo2
Countries: Argentina2
Fossil records: 1 in the Paleobiology Database2
Discovery: Kookne was named by Fernando Novas and colleagues in 2019 based on a coracoid fossil found in the Chorrillo Formation of Argentina.2 1
Still debated: Scientists are unsure about the exact size and appearance of Kookne because only a single shoulder bone has been found.1

Where the facts come from

Kookne (en.wikipedia.org)
Kookne in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.

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