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sharp-clawed runner
Jeholornis
Say it like this: “juh-HOHL-OR-nis”
Jeholornis prima
Jeholornis ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Barremian · Aptian) · roughly 125.8 to 113.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2002 · Zhou, Z.; Zhang, F.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- 1 kg · 1 lb
- Found in
- China · Jiufotang
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Avialae
The story in short
Jeholornis was formally named in 2002 by Z. Zhou and F. Zhang. The name means “jehol bird.”
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Barremian · Aptian), roughly 125.8 to 113.2 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Jiufotang Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Jeholornis at a body mass around 1 kg. Those figures are drawn from Jeholornis curvipes rather than the type species alone.
On the family tree it sits in Avialae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
This entry is the whole genus. The type species is Jeholornis prima. Other named species include Jeholornis palmapenis and Jeholornis curvipes.
Other species with this name
- Jeholornis prima
- Jeholornis palmapenis
- Jeholornis curvipes