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Yumenornis fossil map

Where fossils of Yumenornis 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 →

Yumenornis
Image: Ya-Ming Wang, Jingmai K. O'Connor, Da-Qing Li, Hai-Lu You, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupTheropods
Lived121.4–113.2 million years ago (Aptian)
PeriodsCretaceous
Named byWang et al. 2013
Fossil records1 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inChina
Rock formationsXiagou

About Yumenornis

Yumenornis is an extinct genus of basal ornithuromorph dinosaurs known from the Early Cretaceous Xiagou Formation of Changma Basin, Gansu Province of northwestern China. Yumenornis was first named by Ya-Ming Wang, Jingmai O'Connor, Da-Qing Li and Hai-Lu You in 2013 and the type species is Yumenornis huangi.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Yumenornis (revision 1314710380), 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: Q15096847.

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