Bauxitornis

bauxite bird

• bauxit · German/French (mineral name) · bauxite, the aluminium ore in which the fossils were found
• ornis · Greek · bird

The name combines "bauxite" with the Greek "ornis" (bird). It refers to the bauxite deposits at Halimba in Hungary, where the fossils were found. The type species, B. mindszentyae, honours the Hungarian geologist Andrea Mindszenty.

Named by

Dyke and Malakhov

Year named

2004

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Santonian

Found in

Halimba bauxite, Bakony Mountains, Veszprém County, Hungary

A fossil bird, so technically an avian dinosaur. It is usually regarded as an enantiornithine, but it is known from fragmentary material and its exact relationships are uncertain. The details here come from memory, so please check them against the original description.