Dapingfangornis

Dapingfang bird

• Dapingfang · Chinese (place name) · locality in Liaoning, China
• ornis · Greek · bird

The name combines Dapingfang, the fossil locality in Liaoning Province, China, with the Greek word for "bird". It literally means "bird from Dapingfang". The type species, D. sentisorhinus, has a species name meaning roughly "thorny nose", which refers to a small spine-like structure on the snout.

Named by

Li et al.

Year named

2006

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stage

Aptian

Found in

Jiufotang Formation, Dapingfang, Chaoyang area, Liaoning, China

Valid genus of enantiornithine bird, a basal avian dinosaur from the Jehol Biota. It is known from the type species D. sentisorhinus. The formation and locality details are given from memory, so treat them with some caution.