Bohaiornis guoi

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Bohaiornis 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (120 Mya)
Place
Asia · China
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Bohaiornithidae

Bohaiornis is a genus of enantiornithean dinosaurs. Fossils have been found from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China. The only known species, Bohaiornis guoi, was named by Dongyu Hu, Li Li, Lianhaim Hou and Xing Xu in 2011 on the basis of a fully articulated and well-preserved skeleton of a sub-adult. This specimen, LPM (Liaoning Paleontological Museum) B00167, preserved two long, ribbon-like feathers attached to the tail rather than a fan of shorter pennaceous feathers. It was similar to the slightly older Eoenantiornis, but much larger in size. Bohaiornis is the type species of Bohaiornithidae, a family of large predatory enantiornitheans from the Early Cretaceous.

In 2014, a second, even larger specimen was described.

What we know

  • Named by Hu et al., 2011.
  • Fossils found in Asia and China.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Bohaiornis — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.