Baminornis zhenghensis
"Fujian Province bird"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Baminornis 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (150.2–149.9 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Baminornis (meaning “Fujian Province bird”) is an extinct genus of basal avialan known from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian age) Nanyuan Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, Baminornis zhenghensis, known from a partial skeleton. Baminornis was initially identified as the oldest known avialan to bear a fused pygostyle, but later research cast doubt on the identification of this structure, claiming it could instead be part of the synsacrum.
What we know
- Named by Chen et al., 2025.
- Fossils found in China.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Baminornis — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.