Named By: | Shuang Zhou, ZhonginHe Zhou and Jingmai K. O'Connor in 2012 |
Time Period: | Early Cretaceous, 120 Ma |
Location: | China, Liaoning province - Jiufotang Formation |
Size: | Unavailable |
Diet: | Uncertain |
Fossil(s): | Almost complete individual preserved flat on a slab, with feather impressions around the bones |
Classification: | | Chordata | Aves | Euornithes | |
Schizooura is a genus of basal ornithuromorph bird known from the Early Cretaceous of Jianchang, western Liaoning, China. Its remains were discovered in Jiufotang Formation deposits, dated to 120 million years ago.