Largirostrornis

large-beaked bird

• largi- · Latin · abundant, large
• rostr- · Latin · beak, snout
• ornis · Greek · bird

The name combines Latin words for "abundant/large" and "beak" with the Greek word for "bird", giving "large-beaked bird". It refers to the relatively large, robust snout of the type specimen. The type species is Largirostrornis sexdentornis ("six-toothed bird").

Named by

Hou

Year named

1997

Period

Early Cretaceous

Found in

Liaoning Province, China

An enantiornithine bird (an early, toothed, extinct lineage of birds), so a dinosaur only in the broad sense that birds are avian dinosaurs. It is known from limited material, and its exact validity and relationships are uncertain. I am not certain of the exact formation or stage, so these are left out.