👉 Eriocottids are a family of extinct birds that lived in North America during the Mesozoic era, around 65-53 million years ago. They were characterized by their small size and large wings for flight, with a unique type of beak known as a "tongue" or "tongue-like barb." Eriocottids were closely related to birds that lived during the same time period but are now extinct due to extinction events such as the
