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Castignovolucris fossil map

Where fossils of Castignovolucris have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 75 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 75 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Castignovolucris
Image: Tylwyth Eldar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupTheropods
Lived83.6–66 million years ago (Campanian to Maastrichtian)
PeriodsCretaceous
Named byBuffetaut et al. 2023
Fossil records1 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inFrance
Rock formationsSaint-Chinian

About Castignovolucris

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Castignovolucris (revision 1333105168), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q119129025.

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