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sharp-clawed runner
Zhengheornis
Zhengheornis buyu
Zhengheornis had a diet that is still unclear and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · roughly 149.2 to 143.1 million years ago
- Named in
- 2026 · Wang, M.; Tang, J.; Deng, K.; Dong, L.; Xu, L.; Xu, X.; Lin, M.; Du, H.; Lin, G.; Chen, R.; Zhang, C.; Zhou, Z.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- 0 kg · 0 lb
- Found in
- China · Nanyuan
- Food and walking
- Not recorded · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Avialae
The story in short
The genus Zhengheornis dates to 2026, the year M. Wang and colleagues described it.
Fossils referred to Zhengheornis date to the Late Jurassic (Tithonian), roughly 149.2 to 143.1 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Nanyuan Formation. It walked on two legs. Its diet is too uncertain to state.
Published estimates put Zhengheornis at a body mass around 0 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Avialae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Alcmonavis
Alcmonavis poeschli
Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · roughly 149.2 to 143.1 million years ago
Archaeopteryx
Archaeopteryx lithographica
Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · roughly 149.2 to 143.1 million years ago
Jeholornis
Jeholornis prima
Early Cretaceous (Barremian · Aptian) · roughly 125.8 to 113.2 million years ago