Zhongjianornis yangi

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall

Zhongjianornis 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: China
Food: Herbivore
Clade: Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.

Zhongjianornis is a genus of beaked, pigeon-sized birds from the early Cretaceous period of China. It is known from one fossil found at Jianchang, Liaoning Province, in rocks of the Jiufotang Formation, representing the type species Zhongjianornis yangi.

The holotype specimen is in the collection of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing, and the species Z. yangi is named for the IVPP’s founder, Yang Zhongjian. This specimen is catalogued under the accession number IVPP V15900. It consists of a complete skeleton, possibly only missing a few tail vertebrae.

What we know

Named by Zhou, Zhang & Li, 2010.
Fossils found in China.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Zhongjianornis — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.