Yumenornis huangi Yumenornis

"Etymology TBD"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Yumenornis 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Yumenornis is an extinct genus of basal ornithuromorph dinosaurs known from the Early Cretaceous Xiagou Formation of Changma Basin, Gansu Province of northwestern China. Yumenornis was first named by Ya-Ming Wang, Jingmai O’Connor, Da-Qing Li and Hai-Lu You in 2013 and the type species is Yumenornis huangi.

What we know

  • Named by Wang et al., 2013.
  • Fossils found in China.