Dinosaur Name Meanings

Fortipesavis

for-tih-peh-SAY-vis /ˌfɔrtɪpɛˈseɪvɪs/

Accepted genus

strong-foot bird

  • forti- · Latin · strong (from fortis)
  • pes · Latin · foot
  • avis · Latin · bird

The name combines Latin words for "strong", "foot" and "bird". It refers to the unusually robust foot bones of this early bird. The name was chosen to highlight the strong, grasping feet of this enantiornithine.

Period
Early Cretaceous

Fortipesavis is an enantiornithine, an extinct group of early birds. Birds are avian dinosaurs. I'm not certain of the author, year or exact locality, so I've left those fields empty.