Mengciusornis Mengciusornis

"toothed"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Mengciusornis 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
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.