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.
Diet
Uncertain.
Species
D. liweii
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.
- 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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