Parahongshanornis chaoyangensis
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Parahongshanornis 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
- Asia · China
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Hongshanornithidae
Parahongshanornis is an extinct genus of early bird from the lower Cretaceous (Aptian stage) of what is now Liaoning Province, north-eastern China.
Parahongshanornis was first named by Li Li, Wang Jingqi and Hou Shilin in 2011 and the type species is Parahongshanornis chaoyangensis. The generic name refers to an assumed close relationship with Hongshanornis. The specific name refers to Chaoyang.
What we know
- Named by Li et al., 2011.
- Fossils found in Asia and China.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Parahongshanornis — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.