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
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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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Paraves Unranked clade
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Deinonychosauria Infraorder
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Dromaeosauridae Family
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Unenlagiinae Subfamily
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Rahonavis Genus
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Rahonavis ostromi Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇬 Madagascar
2
Geological formations
Maevarano
2
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 ↗