Name: Limenavis
(Threshold bird).
Phonetic: Lim-en-a-viss.
Named By: J. A. Clarke & L. M. Chiappe -
2001.
Classification: Chordata, Dinosauria, Theropoda,
Pygostylia, Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae.
Species: L. patagonica (type).
Diet: Unceratin.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Argentina - Allen Formation.
Time period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Limenavis is a genus of bird that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous. Limenavis means ‘threshold bird’ and this is a reference as to how this genus came pretty much as close as it could to crossing the threshold of being a modern bird, without actually being one.
Further reading
- A new carinate bird from the late Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina.
- American Museum Novitates 3323:1-23. - J. A. Clarke & L. M.
Chiappe - 2001.
- A New Specimen of the Fossil Lithornis from the Lower Eocene. -
American Museum Novitates. - Leona Leonard, Gareth J. Dyke &
Marcel Van Tuinen - 2005.