Mengciusornis
"toothed"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Mengciusornis 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Schizoouridae
Mengciusornis is an extinct genus of basal ornithuromorph dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous of China. It contains one species, M. dentatus, remains of which have been found in the Jiufotang Formation. Together with the closely related Schizooura it makes up the family Schizoouridae.
What we know
- Named by Wang et al., 2019.
- Fossils found in China.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Mengciusornis — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.