Concornis
kon-KOR-nis /kɒnˈkɔːrnɪs/
Accepted genus
Cuenca bird
- Con(ca) · Spanish/Latinised place name · Cuenca, the Spanish province where the fossil was found
- ornis · Greek · bird
The name combines a shortened form of Cuenca, the province in Spain where the fossil was found, with the Greek word for bird, ornis. It means "Cuenca bird". It refers to the place of discovery, the Las Hoyas fossil site. The type species is Concornis lacustris.
- Named by
- Sanz and Buscalioni
- Year named
- 1992
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Stage
- Barremian
- Found in
- La Huérguina Formation (Las Hoyas), Cuenca, Spain
Concornis is an enantiornithine, an early group of birds. Birds are avian dinosaurs, so it counts as a dinosaur in the broad sense, though it is not a non-avian dinosaur.