Longchengornis
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Longchengornis 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
- Cathayornithidae
Longchengornis is a genus of enantiornithean birds which lived during the early Cretaceous Period, about 120 mya, and is known from a fossil found in the Jiufotang Formation in Liaoning province, People’s Republic of China. It contains the single species L. sanyanensis, though some researchers believe this to be a synonym of the similar species Cathayornis yandica.
What we know
- Named by Hou, 1997.
- Fossils found in China.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Longchengornis — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.