Monoenantiornis sihedangia

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Monoenantiornis 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
Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.

Monoenantiornis is an extinct genus of enantiornithean that inhabited China during the Cretaceous period. It is a monotypic genus known from the species M. sihedangia.

What we know

  • Named by Hu & O'Connor, 2017.
  • Fossils found in China.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Monoenantiornis — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.