Mirarce

Mirarce (meaning "wonderful winged messenger") is a genus of enantornithe bird from the Late Cretaceous of Utah. It contains a single species, M. eatoni. It was similar in size to modern turkeys.

Mirarce
Temporal range: Campanian,
Reconstruction by Scott Hartman, showing known material in white
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: Enantiornithes
Family: Avisauridae
Genus: Mirarce
Atterholt et al., 2018
Species:
M. eatoni
Binomial name
Mirarce eatoni
Atterholt et al., 2018
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