Named By: | Zhou & Zhang in 2002 |
Time Period: | Early Cretaceous, 124.5-120 Ma |
Location: | China, Liaoning Province - Jiufotang Formation & Yixian Formation |
Size: | About 30-33 centimetres long |
Diet: | Herbivore/Omnivore |
Fossil(s): | Several individuals |
Classification: | | Chordata | Aves | Omnivoropterygiformes | Omnivoropterygidae | |
Also known as: | | Didactylornis | Sapeornis angustis | Shenshiornis primita | Omnivoropteryx | |
Sapeornis is a type of avialan which lived during the early Cretaceous period (late Aptian to early Albian, roughly 125-120 mya). The genus Sapeornis contains only one species, Sapeornis chaoyangensis.