Longchengornis sanyanensis
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Name: Longchengornis sanyanensis
Name Meaning: Dragon City Bird
First Described: 1997
Described By: Hou
Classification: Dinosauria, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Averostra, Tetanurae, Orionides, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Pennaraptora, Paraves, Eumaniraptora, Averaptora, Avialae, Euavialae, Avebrevicauda, Pygostylia, Ornithothoraces, Enantiornithes
Longchengornis is an Opposite Bird from the Jiufotang Formation of China, living about 120 million years ago, in the Aptian age of the Early Cretaceous. It is known from a partial articulated skeleton, including parts of the skull. It had long and slender legs with large hooked claws, indicating that it may have been a predatory bird, using those long legs to capture prey. Its hands retained their claws, though, indicating that this may have been a poor lander, instead landing and climbing up tree trunks in order to perch on branches.
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longchengornis
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