Xiangornis shenmi Xiangornis

"Etymology TBD"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Xiangornis 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Cretaceous (145–66 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Xiangornis is an enantiornithean bird from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Western Liaoning, China.

In 2005, a bird fossil was discovered near Dapingfang in Chaoyang, in Western Liaoning.

What we know

  • Named by Hu et al., 2012.
  • Fossils found in China.