Castignovolucris

Castignovolucris; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, ; ~
	Coracoid of Castignovolucris sebei (Musée de Cruzy).
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Clade:	Avialae
Clade:	†Enantiornithes
Genus:	†Castignovolucris; Buffetaut et al., 2023
Species:	†C. sebei
Binomial name
	†Castignovolucris sebei; Buffetaut et al., 2023

Castignovolucris (meaning "Castigno valley bird") is an extinct genus of enantornithe bird from the Late Cretaceous "continental red clays" of the Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation of France. It contains a single species, C. sebei, which was named and described in 2023.[1]

Discovery and naming

The holotype, MC-VCZ2-6, a right coracoid, was discovered near Villespassans by Stéphane Sèbe and was donated to the Musée de Cruzy.

Castignovolucris sebei was named and described by Buffetaut et al. (2023).[1]

Description

Castignovolucris was estimated to have a wingspan of around 127–185 cm (50–73 in) and may have been 75 to 110 cm (30 to 43 in) long when fully grown,[1] making it one of the largest known enantiornitheans to date.

Paleobiology

Castignovolucris would have been found on the Ibero-Armorican island in what is today Occitania, France.[2]

References

Buffetaut, E.; Angst, D.; Tong, H. (2023). "A new enantiornithine bird from Upper Cretaceous non-marine deposits at Villespassans (Hérault, southern France)". Annales de Paléontologie. 109 (1). 102585. Bibcode:2023AnPal.10902585B. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2022.102585. S2CID 257863645.
Csiki-Sava, Zoltan; Buffetaut, Eric; Ősi, Attila; Pereda-Suberbiola, Xabier; Brusatte, Stephen L. (2015-01-08). "Island life in the Cretaceous - faunal composition, biogeography, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European archipelago". ZooKeys (469): 1–161. Bibcode:2015ZooK..469....1C. doi:10.3897/zookeys.469.8439. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 4296572. PMID 25610343.

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[:0-1] Buffetaut, E.; Angst, D.; Tong, H. (2023). "A new enantiornithine bird from Upper Cretaceous non-marine deposits at Villespassans (Hérault, southern France)". Annales de Paléontologie. 109 (1). 102585. Bibcode:2023AnPal.10902585B. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2022.102585. S2CID 257863645.

[2] Csiki-Sava, Zoltan; Buffetaut, Eric; Ősi, Attila; Pereda-Suberbiola, Xabier; Brusatte, Stephen L. (2015-01-08). "Island life in the Cretaceous - faunal composition, biogeography, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European archipelago". ZooKeys (469): 1–161. Bibcode:2015ZooK..469....1C. doi:10.3897/zookeys.469.8439. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 4296572. PMID 25610343.