Yanornis
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Yanornis 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (125–120 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Piscivore (fish-eater)
- Clade
- Yanornithidae
Yanornis () is an extinct genus of fish-eating Early Cretaceous birds. Two species have been described, both from Liaoning province, China: Yanornis martini, based on several fossils found in the 120-million-year-old Jiufotang Formation at Chaoyang, and Yanornis guozhangi, from the 124-million-year-old Yixian Formation.
What we know
- Named by Zhou & Zhang, 2001.
- Fossils found in China.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Yanornis — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.