Zhongornis
Field photograph to come
Zhongornis
DV-0672 · type species Zhongornis haoae
- Lived
- 126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Gao et al. 2008
Field notes
About Zhongornis
Zhongornis was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 120 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Zhongornis, from China. Its fossils come from the Yixian Formation. It was named by Gao et al. in 2008.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
125 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Paraves.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: C. Gao, L. M. Chiappe, and Q. Meng, J. K. O.'Connor, X. Wang, X. Cheng, J. Liu. 2008. A new basal lineage of Early Cretaceous birds from China and its implications on the evolution of the avian tail. Palaeontology 51(4):775-791