Zhouornis Zhouornis

"Etymology TBD"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Zhouornis 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
Bohaiornithidae

Zhouornis is an extinct genus of enantiornithean dinosaurs known from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Group (Aptian stage) of western Liaoning Province, northeastern China. Zhouornis was first named by Zhang Zihui, Luis María Chiappe, Gang Han and Anusuya Chinsamy in 2013 and the type species is Zhouornis hani.

What we know

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