Camptodontus

Camptodontornis was originally named Camptodontus, but that name was already used for a beetle, so scientists had to give it a new name in 2019.1

This bird had a Y-shaped furcula, which is the wishbone that helps birds fly.2

Its teeth were strongly curved backward, which helped it hold onto slippery prey.2

Camptodontornis belongs to the family Longipterygidae, a group of early birds with long snouts.2

The only known fossil of Camptodontornis is a nearly complete skeleton found in the Jiufotang Formation of China.3

It lived about 121 to 113 million years ago, during the Aptian age of the Early Cretaceous.3