Parascaniornis

near Scania bird (beside Scaniornis)

• para · Greek · beside, near
• Scania · Latin · Scania (Skåne), the southern Swedish province
• ornis · Greek · bird

The name combines the Greek "para" (beside or near) with Scaniornis, an earlier bird genus whose name means "Scania bird" after the Swedish province of Skåne. It signals that the animal was thought to be closely related to Scaniornis.

Named by

Lambrecht

Year named

1933

Parascaniornis is a fossil bird known from fragmentary remains, not a non-avian dinosaur. Birds are technically avian dinosaurs. Its validity and relationships are uncertain, and it may be a doubtful name or a possible synonym of Scaniornis. I am not sure of its age, locality, or current taxonomic status, so those fields are left blank.