Martinavis

Martin's bird

• Martin · Personal name · honours American paleornithologist Larry D. Martin
• avis · Latin · bird

Martinavis combines the surname Martin with the Latin word "avis", meaning bird. It honours Larry D. Martin, a paleontologist who studied early birds, including enantiornithines. The name refers to a group of large enantiornithine birds from the Late Cretaceous.

Named by

Walker, Buffetaut and Dyke

Year named

2007

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stages

Campanian – Maastrichtian

Found in

Southern France (Cruzy area) and northwestern Argentina (Salta Province)

An enantiornithine bird, so an avian dinosaur in the broad sense. It is known mostly from limb bones. The exact stage range and the species list are given from memory and may need checking.