Changchengornis hengdaoziensis

Time: 119.6–125.8 million years ago
Period: Unknown
Known sites: 1

Changchengornis Holotype — Jonathan Chen — CC-BY-SA-4.0 — File:Changchengornis_Holotype.jpg

Summary

Changchengornis is an extinct basal pygostylian genus from the Early Cretaceous. Its remains have been found in the People's Republic of China, in Chaomidianzi Formation rocks from around the Barremian-Aptian boundary, deposited 125 million years ago. Changchengornis was a close relative of the better-known Confuciusornis. In 1999 it was assigned to the Confuciusornithidae.

Source: Wikipedia - Changchengornis

Known Sites

Loading known-site map...