Similiyanornis
"similar to"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Similiyanornis 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
- Yanornithidae
Similiyanornis (meaning “similar to Yanornis”) is an extinct genus of ornithuromorph dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, Similiyanornis brevipectus, known from a complete skeleton with feathers.
What we know
- Named by Wang et al., 2020.
- Fossils found in China.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Similiyanornis — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.