Species
Valid Extinct

Rahonavis ostromi

(Forster et al. 1998)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Neotheropoda Unranked clade
Averostra Unranked clade
Tetanurae Unranked clade
Coelurosauria Unranked clade
Maniraptora Unranked clade
Paraves Unranked clade
Deinonychosauria Infraorder
Dromaeosauridae Family
Unenlagiinae Subfamily
Rahonavis Genus
Rahonavis ostromi Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇬 Madagascar
2
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
C. A. Forster, S. D. Sampson, and L. M. Chiappe, D. W. Krause. 1998. The theropod ancestry of birds: new evidence from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Science 279:1915-1919 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
P. M. O'Connor and C. A. Forster. 2010. A Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) avifauna from the Maevarano Formation, Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(4):1178-1201 DOI ↗
C. A. Forster, S. D. Sampson, and L. M. Chiappe, D. W. Krause. 1998. The theropod ancestry of birds: new evidence from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Science 279:1915-1919 DOI ↗