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Juehuaornis fossil map

Where fossils of Juehuaornis have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 115 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 115 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

GroupTheropods
Lived121.4–113.2 million years ago (Aptian)
PeriodsCretaceous
Named byWang et al. 2015
Fossil records1 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inChina
Rock formationsJiufotang

About Juehuaornis

Juehuaornis is an extinct genus of ornithuromorph dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous of present-day China. It contains a single species, J. zhangi.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Juehuaornis (revision 1362367421), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q21008924.

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