Alcmonavis

Rauhut et al. 2019

Alcmonavis is a basal genus of avialan dinosaur that during the Late Jurassic lived in the area of present Germany. The only named species in the genus is Alcmonavis poeschli. Its only known fossil was originally reported as a specimen of Archaeopteryx.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial

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Alcmonavis holotype © Oliver Rauhut · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia

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Classification

Dinosauria Unranked clade

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Theropoda Unranked clade

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Neotheropoda Unranked clade

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Averostra Unranked clade

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Tetanurae Unranked clade

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Coelurosauria Unranked clade

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Maniraptora Unranked clade

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Avialae Unranked clade

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Alcmonavis Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇩🇪 Germany

Geological formations

Mörnsheim

Temporal distribution

Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)

Species (1)

Alcmonavis poeschli 149 Ma

Bibliography

Original description

O. W. M. Rauhut, H. Tischlinger, and C. Foth. 2019. A non-archaeopterygid avialan theropod from the Late Jurassic of southern Germany. eLife 8(e43789) DOI ↗

Bibliography (1)

O. W. M. Rauhut, H. Tischlinger, and C. Foth. 2019. A non-archaeopterygid avialan theropod from the Late Jurassic of southern Germany. eLife 8(e43789) DOI ↗