Changmaornis houi Changmaornis

"Etymology TBD"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Changmaornis 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Changmaornis is an extinct genus of basal ornithuromorph dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous Xiagou Formation of Changma Basin, Gansu Province of northwestern China. Changmaornis was first named by Ya-Ming Wang, Jingmai K. O’Connor, Da-Qing Li and Hai-Lu You in 2013 and the type species is Changmaornis houi.

What we know

  • Named by Wang et al., 2013.
  • Fossils found in China.