Genus
Valid Extinct

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
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Alcmonavis
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Alcmonavis holotype © Oliver Rauhut · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Alcmonavis
Alcmonavis
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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
1
Geological formations
Mörnsheim
1
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Alcmonavis poeschli 149 Ma
Images 2
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 ↗