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Pterygornis fossil map

Where fossils of Pterygornis 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. 2014
Fossil records1 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inChina
Rock formationsJiufotang

About Pterygornis

Pterygornis is an extinct monotypic genus of enantiornithean dinosaur that lived in East Asia during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Pterygornis (revision 1349830579), 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: Q21008940.

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