Zhouornis
Zhouornis was a big, toothed bird that lived in ancient China. It was one of the largest birds of its time, with a skull that looked a bit like a dinosaur's. It could fly and hunt for food.1
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Zhouornis lived about 121 to 113 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous.2
Its skull had a large basipterygoid process and a well-developed basisphenoid recess, features also found in non-avian dinosaurs.1
The only known fossil is a nearly complete skeleton with some feathers preserved.2
Zhouornis was not fully grown when it died, but it was already one of the largest enantiornithine birds known.1
It belongs to a group called Enantiornithes, which were the most common birds during the Cretaceous.2
The fossil was found in the Jiufotang Formation, a famous rock layer that has produced many other early birds.2

Kwa akatswiri a madino
- Dzina la sayansi
- Zhouornis
- Anapatsidwa dzina ndi
- Zhang et al. 20133
- Gulu
- Mbalame zoyambirira
- Banja / kladi
- Bohaiornithidae3
- Magawidwe a sayansi
- Theropoda > Avialae3
- Zaka za miyala
- zaka 121 mpaka 113 miliyoni (Aptian)3
- Mapangidwe a miyala
- Jiufotang3
- Mayiko
- China3
- Zolemba za mafosili
- 2 mu The Paleobiology Database3
- Kupezeka
- Zhouornis was named in 2013 by Zihui Zhang and colleagues based on a single fossil skeleton from Chaoyang County, Liaoning, China.1
- Akukambiranabe
- Scientists are not sure exactly how large Zhouornis could grow as an adult, because the only known fossil is from a young individual.1
Kumene mfundo zimachokera
- A large bird from the Early Cretaceous of China: new information on the skull of enantiornithines (tandfonline.com)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Zhouornis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): zaka, malo, mapangidwe a miyala, magawidwe a sayansi.
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