Genus
Valid Extinct

Serikornis

Lefèvre et al. 2017

Serikornis is a genus of small, feathered anchiornithid dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of Liaoning, China. It is represented by the type species Serikornis sungei. Some researchers believe it is a junior synonym of Anchiornis.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Serikornis
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Serikornis sungei, Liaoning Palaeontological Museum © Dlyj0604 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
Serikornis
Serikornis
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Maniraptora Unranked clade
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Paraves Unranked clade
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Serikornis Genus
Measurements
Length
0,5 m ⓘ
Serikornis sungei
Mass
0,55 kg ⓘ
Serikornis sungei
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Tiaojishan
1
Temporal distribution
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Serikornis sungei 162 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
U. Lefèvre, A. Cau, and A. Cincotta, D.-Y. Hu, A. Chinsamy, F. Escuillié, P. Godefroit. 2017. A new Jurassic theropod from China documents a transitional step in the macrostructure of feathers. The Science of Nature 104:74 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
U. Lefèvre, A. Cau, and A. Cincotta, D.-Y. Hu, A. Chinsamy, F. Escuillié, P. Godefroit. 2017. A new Jurassic theropod from China documents a transitional step in the macrostructure of feathers. The Science of Nature 104:74 DOI ↗