LegendaryAnchiornis
Anchiornis huxleyi
an-kee-OR-nis· “near bird”
🕰️ Jurassic🥩 carnivore🦴 Anchiornithidae
0.3 m
Length
0.1 m
Height
0.25 kg
Weight
A tiny, four-winged feathered dinosaur about the size of a crow — one of the closest known relatives of the very first birds.
When
Late Jurassic, ~160 million years ago
Found in
China
Discovered
Xu Xing, 2009
Did you know?
- It had feathers on all four limbs, like a second pair of wings.
- It was the first dinosaur to have its full body colour worked out — grey with a reddish crest.
- It lived slightly before the famous 'first bird' Archaeopteryx.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.