Bauxitornis

† Bauxitornis was a Late Cretaceous enantiornithine bird from the Csehbánya Formation of Hungary. This small carnivorous bird inhabited the insular Hateg–Transdanubian archipelago of Late Cretaceous Europe and is known from fragmentary skeletal material. Its recovery from European island deposits provides evidence for the wide distribution of enantiornithine birds across Cretaceous island systems.

Diet & Feeding

Carnivore

Bauxitornis was a meat-eating predator. Carnivorous dinosaurs were active hunters or scavengers, equipped with sharp teeth and claws for catching and consuming prey. They occupied the top of the food chain in their ecosystems.

Time Period

Cretaceous Late Mesozoic Era

Bauxitornis lived during the Cretaceous Late period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 100.5 to 66.0 million years ago.

The final age of dinosaurs, featuring iconic species like Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, and Velociraptor. Dinosaurs reached their peak diversity before the catastrophic asteroid impact at the Chicxulub crater ended the Mesozoic Era.