Rahonavis
Field photograph to come
Rahonavis
DV-0423
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Dromaeosauridae
- Found in
- Madagascar
- Named by
- Forster et al. 1998
Field notes
About Rahonavis
Rahonavis was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Rahonavis, from Madagascar. Its fossils come from the Maevarano Formation. It was named by Forster et al. in 1998.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Dromaeosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: C. A. Forster, S. D. Sampson, and L. M. Chiappe, D. W. Krause. 1998. Genus correction. Science 280(5361):185