Serikornis
Field photograph to come
Serikornis
DV-0995 · type species Serikornis sungei
- Lived
- 162 to 155 million years ago, Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Lefèvre et al. 2017
Field notes
About Serikornis
Serikornis was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Jurassic, 162 to 155 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Serikornis, from China. Its fossils come from the Tiaojishan Formation. It was named by Lefèvre et al. in 2017.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
160 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Paraves.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: U. Lefèvre, A. Cau, and A. Cincotta, D.-Y. Hu, A. Chinsamy, F. Escuillié, P. Godefroit. 2017. A new Jurassic theropod from China documents a transitional step in the macrostructure of feathers. The Science of Nature 104:74