Changmaornis
chang-mow-OR-nis /tʃæŋˌmaʊˈɔːrnɪs/
Accepted genus
Changma bird
- Changma · Chinese (place name) · the Changma Basin in Gansu Province, China, where the fossil was found
- ornis · Greek · bird
The name combines "Changma", the basin in Gansu Province, northwestern China, where the fossil was found, with the Greek "ornis", meaning "bird". It literally means "Changma bird" and marks where the animal was discovered. The type species is Changmaornis houi.
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Found in
- Changma Basin, Gansu Province, China
An early bird (avian dinosaur) known from fragmentary remains. I am not certain of the exact author, year or geologic stage, so I have left them blank.