Zhouornis
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Zhouornis 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- 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.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Zhouornis — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.