Castignovolucris
| Castignovolucris Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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| Coracoid of Castignovolucris sebei (Musée de Cruzy). | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Binomial name | |
| †Castignovolucris sebei Buffetaut et al., 2023
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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]
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