Castignovolucris
Castignovolucris was a big, ancient bird that lived in what is now France, about 74 to 72 million years ago. It was one of the largest enantiornithine birds ever found, maybe as big as a Canada goose. It had strong wings and could fly.21
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Datos curiosos
Castignovolucris is known from just one bone, a right coracoid (a shoulder bone).2
This bird lived on the Ibero-Armorican island, which was a large island in what is now Europe during the Late Cretaceous.1
The fossil was found by a man named Stéphane Sèbe in the 1990s and later donated to the Musée de Cruzy.1
Castignovolucris was one of the largest enantiornithine birds, a group of ancient birds that had teeth and claws on their wings.1
The name Castignovolucris means 'Castigno valley bird' after the place where it was found.1

Para expertos en dinos
- Nome científico
- Castignovolucris
- Bautizado por
- Buffetaut et al. 20233
- Grupo
- Aves primitivas
- Familia / clado
- Enantiornithes3
- Clasificación
- Theropoda > Avialae3
- Idade das rochas
- de 84 a 66 millóns de anos (Campanian / Maastrichtian)3
- Formacións rochosas
- Saint-Chinian3
- Países
- Francia3
- Rexistros fósiles
- 1 na Paleobiology Database3
- Descubrimento
- Castignovolucris was named and described in 2023 by paleontologists Eric Buffetaut, Delphine Angst, and Haiyan Tong, based on a single shoulder bone found in southern France.13
- Aínda en debate
- Scientists are not sure about the exact size of Castignovolucris because only one bone has been found. The wingspan and length are estimates.1
De onde veñen os datos
- Castignovolucris (en.wikipedia.org)
- A new enantiornithine bird from Upper Cretaceous non-marine deposits at Villespassans (Hérault, southern France) - ADS (ui.adsabs.harvard.edu)
- Castignovolucris in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.
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