The Protoavis name means first bird. This carnivores' fossils were discovered just outside of Post, Texas, US. Their has been many fossils found such as a complete skeleton. A man named Sankar Chatterjee was the first discoverer. There is currently much dispute that the dinosaur is actually two dinosaurs mixed up together. Various skull pieces do appear to be of the coelurosaur classification, but then some other pieces such as the limbs seem to fit under the ceratosaurs classification. None the less this was an excellent discovery as it showed much more open evidence to the evolution of birds with dinosaurs.

The Protoavis is a very bird-like theropodish dinosaur. The Taxa is much debated, but none the less it offeres several interesting facts. The Protoavis was much like a bird, but still had been set up like a carnivore. It had teeth and eyes located on the front of its skull. This dinosaur-bird was about 35cms in height. Its unsure if it could fly, though due to damage of the quality of the fossils.