Serikornis

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DV-0995Tiaojishan Fm., China

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

1 find

160 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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