Dapingfangornis
| Dapingfangornis Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 120 Ma | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Ornithothoraces |
| Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
| Genus: | †Dapingfangornis Li et al., 2006 |
| Species: | † D. sentisorhinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dapingfangornis sentisorhinus Li et al., 2006 | |
Dapingfangornis was an enantiornithine bird. It lived during the Early Cretaceous and is known from fossils—including a complete skeleton—found in the Jiufotang Formation in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. Small to medium-sized, it had a sternum with both long and short lateral processes, and a unique thorn-like process on its nares.[1]
References
- ↑ Li Li; Ye Duan; Dongyu Hu; Li Wang; Shaoli Cheng; Lianhai Hou (2006). "New Eoenantiornithid Bird from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Western Liaoning, China". Acta Geologica Sinica 80 (1): 38–41. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2006.tb00792.x.
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