Eogranivora

dawn grain-eater

• eo · Greek · dawn
• granum · Latin · grain, seed
• vora (vorare) · Latin · to devour, eat

The name means "dawn grain-eater". It refers to the fossil's age (an early bird) and to the many seeds preserved in its crop. These seeds show that this early bird ate seeds. The type species is Eogranivora edentulus, and "edentulus" means "toothless".

Named by

Zheng et al.

Year named

2018

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stage

Hauterivian

Found in

Huajiying Formation, Fengning, Hebei Province, China

Eogranivora is an early toothless bird, an ornithuromorph from the Jehol Biota. Birds are living dinosaurs, so it counts as an avian dinosaur. It is not a non-avian dinosaur. The stage and locality are given from memory, so treat them with some caution.