Named By: | Andrzej Elzanowski in 1974 |
Time Period: | Late Cretaceous, 72 Ma |
Location: | Mongolia - Barun Goyot Formation, Djadokhta Formation, Nemegt Formation |
Size: | Skull about 4.5 centimetres long |
Diet: | Uncertain, but possibly a carnivore and/or insectivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial remains of a few individuals, including embryos |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurichia | Theropoda | Enantiornithes | Euenantiornithes | Gobipterygidae | |
Also known as: | | Nanantius | |
Gobipteryx (from Gobi [referring to the Gobi Desert where it was first discovered], Greek pteron "wing") is a genus of prehistoric bird from the Campanian Age of the Late Cretaceous Period. It is not known to have any direct descendants. Like the rest of the enantiornithes clade, Gobipteryx is thought to have gone extinct near the end of the Cretaceous.