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SCHIZOOURA
(ske-soo-u-rah)
meaning: "split tail"
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 |
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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.

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