Flexomornis
Flexomornis was an ancient bird that lived about 96 million years ago. It flew over the coasts of Texas, USA, and ate meat like small fish or insects. This bird is one of the oldest known enantiornithine birds from North America.23
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Datos curiosos
Flexomornis lived about 96 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.2
Its fossils were found in the Woodbine Formation of Texas, near a dam spillway.2
Flexomornis is an enantiornithine bird, a group that had teeth and clawed wings.2
The name Flexomornis means 'flexed shoulder bird' because its shoulder blade is bent.1
Only one species is known, Flexomornis howei, named after fossil hunter Kris Howe.1
These fossils are the oldest known enantiornithine bird remains from North America.2
Flexomornis lived near the coast, and its fossils were found with sharks, turtles, and dinosaurs.2

Para expertos en dinos
- Nome científico
- Flexomornis
- Bautizado por
- Tykoski and Fiorillo 20103
- Grupo
- Aves primitivas
- Familia / clado
- Enantiornithes3
- Clasificación
- Theropoda > Avialae3
- Idade das rochas
- de 100 a 94 millóns de anos (Cenomanian)3
- Formacións rochosas
- Lewisville3
- Países
- EUA3
- Rexistros fósiles
- 1 na Paleobiology Database3
- Descubrimento
- Flexomornis was named in 2010 by paleontologists Ronald Tykoski and Anthony Fiorillo. The fossils were found by amateur fossil hunter Kris Howe near Grapevine Lake in Texas.21
- Aínda en debate
- Scientists are not sure if Flexomornis is the oldest North American bird, because some isolated teeth from Utah might be older.2
De onde veñen os datos
- Flexomornis (en.wikipedia.org)
- An enantiornithine bird from the lower middle Cenomanian of Texas (tandfonline.com)
- Flexomornis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.
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