Shengjingornis
shung-JING-or-nis /ʃʌŋˈdʒɪŋɔːrnɪs/
Accepted genus
Shengjing bird
- Shengjing · Chinese · historical name of Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
- ornis · Greek · bird
The name combines "Shengjing", an old name for the city of Shenyang in Liaoning Province, China, with the Greek "ornis", meaning "bird". It refers to the region where the fossil was found. The genus is a primitive Early Cretaceous bird from northeastern China.
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Found in
- Liaoning Province, China
Shengjingornis is a fossil bird (an enantiornithine, as I recall). Birds are avian dinosaurs, so it counts as a dinosaur in the modern sense. I'm not certain of the author, year, formation or exact stage, so those fields are left blank.