Feitianius paradisi Feitianius
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Feitianius 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (124–120 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Feitianius is a bird genus, belonging to the Enantiornithes, that during the Early Cretaceous lived in the area of modern China. A single species has been named in the genus, Feitianius paradisi.
In 2005, fragmentary enantiornithean fossils were excavated near Changma, in Gansu. Two of the best preserved were reported in the scientific literature in 2009.
What we know
- Named by O'Connor et al., 2015.
- Fossils found in China.