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Zhouornis
Carnivore
There is no write-up for this dinosaur yet, but the scientific data below is complete.
Who lived alongside it
Dinosaurs found in the same rock formation as Zhouornis (Jiufotang), so they lived in the same region at roughly the same time.
Microraptor
Cretaceous
Cathayornis
Cretaceous
Longipteryx
Cretaceous
Bohaiornis
Cretaceous
Carnivore
Dapingfangornis
Cretaceous
Carnivore
Alethoalaornis
Cretaceous
Carnivore
Archaeovolans
Cretaceous
Carnivore
Bellulia
Cretaceous
Formation data from the Paleobiology Database, counting only each genus's main formations. One formation can span hundreds of thousands to millions of years, so this doesn't mean any two of them ever met.
Scientific details
- Classification
- Theropod (two-legged predators)
- Family
- Bohaiornithidae
- When it lived
- 113.2–121.4 million years ago
- Geologic stages
- Aptian
- Named by
- Zhang et al., 2013
- Fossil occurrences
- 2 sites
Countries with fossils
- China
Data from Paleobiology Database and Wikidata