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Liaoxiornis
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Our knowledge of Liaoxiornis is based on a juvenile specimen. It was an early bird.
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- Pronounced
- lyow-shee-or-nis
- Meaning of name
- Liaoxi bird
- Length
- about 0.08m
- Diet
- carnivorous
- When it lived
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Early Cretaceous
(127 - 121 million years ago) - Found in
- Peoples Republic of China
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotherapoda, Tetanurae, Avetherapoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Paraves, Eumaniraptoria, Avialae, Ornithurae, Avibrevicauda, Pygostylia, Ornithathoraces, Enantiornithes, Liaoxiornis
- Named by
- Hou and Chen (1999)
- Type species
- delicatus