Dalingheornis
Name:
Dalingheornis.
Phonetic: Dah-lin-ge-or-niss.
Named By: Z. Zhang, L. Hou, Y. Hasegawa,
J. O'Connor, L. D. Martin & L. M. Chiappe -
2006.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropoda, Ornithothoraces, Enantiornithes.
Species: D. liweii (type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China, Liaoning Province -
Yixian Formation.
Time period: Barremian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
As an enantiornithine was very close to being a bird without technically being one. Dalingheornis lived in what is now North-East China during the early Cretaceous.
Further reading
- The first Mesozoic heterodactyl bird from China. - Acta
Geologica Sinica 80(5):631-635. - Z. Zhang, L. Hou,
Y. Hasegawa, J. O'Connor, L. D. Martin & L.
M. Chiappe - 2006.
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