Mirarce eatoni Atterholt et al., 2018
Systematics: Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Avialae Enanthiornithes Avisauridae
Size: 1.2 m long
Type Horizon and Locality: Late Cretaceous, Kaiparowits Formation Campanian) Garfield County, Utah, US
Type Specimen: UCMP 139500, a partial skeleton
Type Horizon and Locality: Late Cretaceous, Kaiparowits Formation Campanian) Garfield County, Utah, US
Type Specimen: UCMP 139500, a partial skeleton
This turkey-size "opposite" bird (enantiornithe) is the most complete of its kind found in North America. The fossil was uncovered in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument of Utah, and has been deposited in the collection of the University of California Museum of Paleontology in Berkeley, CA.
December 28, 2018
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