Name
Wyleyia.
Phonetic
Wy-le-ah.
Named By
C. J. O. Harrison & C. A. Walker - 1973.
Classification
Chordata, Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Euornithes.
Diet
Uncertain.
Species
W. valdensis
Size
Unknown due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations
England, Sussex.
Time Period
Valanginian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation
Partial right humerus.
Wyleyia is a genus of very primitive bird that lived in England during the early Cretaceous.
- Wyleyia: a new bird humerus from the Lower Cretaceous of England. Palaeontology 16(4):721-728. - C. J. O. Harrison & C. A. Walker - 1973.
