6 days ago · Baminornis (meaning "Fujian Province bird") is an extinct genus of basal avialans from the Late Jurassic (Tithonian age) Nanyuan Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, B. zhenghensis, known from a partial skeleton. Baminornis is the oldest known avialan to bear a fused pygostyle. [1]

5 days ago · Researchers named the newly discovered Jurassic bird Baminornis zhenghensis. It was a contemporary of Archaeopteryx, roughly quail-sized and featured several characteristics of modern birds,...

Feb 7, 2025 · One taxon, which we name Baminornis zhenghensis gen. et sp. nov., has a short tail ending in a pygostyle—making it the sole Jurassic and the oldest short-tailed avialan yet discovered, pushing...

Feb 12, 2025 · Archaeopteryx, long considered the earliest fossil bird, could be knocked off its perch by Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived around 150 million years ago and had a short tail like those of...

6 days ago · “Baminornis zhenghensis is the sole Jurassic and the oldest short-tailed bird yet discovered, pushing back the appearance of this derived bird feature by nearly 20 million years.” The second fossil is less complete.

6 days ago · A new species found in China, known as Baminornis zhenghensis, shows that early birds already had some of their characteristic features 149 million years ago.

6 days ago · This combo photo shows an image of the fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis (above) and a skeleton diagram. Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province.

6 days ago · Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province. This suggests that birds might have originated earlier than previously thought. The fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis was discovered in Zhenghe County, Fujian Province.

Feb 12, 2025 · The newly identified bird, called Baminornis zhenghensis, joins the similarly aged Archaeopteryx, discovered in Germany in 1861, as the oldest-known birds.

5 days ago · Baminornis had the advanced chest and short tail found in modern birds, but the forelimb shape of raptor dinosaurs. The bird may have weighed 140-300 grams (4.9-10.6 ounces), or about the same as ...