Dapingfangornis sentisorhinus
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Dapingfangornis 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
- China
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Eoenantiornithidae
Dapingfangornis was an enantiornithean bird. It lived during the Early Cretaceous and is known from fossils—including a complete skeleton—found in the Jiufotang Formation in Liaoning province, People’s Republic of China. Small to medium-sized, it had a sternum with both long and short lateral processes, and a unique thornlike process on its nares.
What we know
- Named by Li et al., 2006.
- Fossils found in China.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Dapingfangornis — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.