Anchiornis Anchiornis huxleyi Xu et al. 2009
/ˈæŋkɪɹniz/
estimated
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · 168.2–152.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore, omnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Liaoning
Formation
Tiaojishan
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Overview
Anchiornis huxleyi is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 168.2–152.2 million years ago. It was a carnivore, omnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Liaoning, China. It was named by Xu et al. 2009. The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Anchiornis huxleyi sits in deep time
Anchiornis
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Anchiornis huxleyi's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.