Castignovolucris sebei Buffetaut et al. 2023 (avialan)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: E. Buffetaut, D. Angst, and H. Tong. 2023. A new enantiornithine bird from Upper Cretaceous non-marine deposits at Villespassans (Hérault, southern France). Annales de Paléontologie 109:102585

Belongs to Castignovolucris according to E. Buffetaut et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MC-VCZ2-6, a limb element (right coracoid). Its type locality is Castigno, Villespassans, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian fluvial-lacustrine claystone in the Saint-Chinian Formation of France.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Castigno, Villespassans

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.