Longirostravis

long-snouted bird

• longi- · Latin · long
• rostrum · Latin · beak, snout
• avis · Latin · bird

The name combines Latin words for "long", "beak" and "bird". It refers to the bird's very long, slender, probing beak, which was probably used to catch small invertebrates in mud or soft sediment. The only named species is Longirostravis hani.

Named by

Hou et al.

Year named

2004

Period

Early Cretaceous

Found in

Yixian Formation (Dawangzhangzi area), Liaoning, China

An enantiornithine bird (an extinct lineage of early birds). Birds are avian dinosaurs, so it counts as a dinosaur in the modern sense. It is not a non-avian dinosaur.