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Feathered Dinosaurs of China

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Feathered Dinosaurs of China is a documentary book written and illustrated by Paleoartist, Gregory Wenzel. The book has somewhat of a plot, featuring a possible and theoretical day in the life of Chinese Animals from the Aptian stage in Liaoning.

Contents

Plot

The book tells a day in the life of most fauna of Early Cretaceous Liaoning in China, 124 million BC.

  • Unidentified Salamanders (mentioned at the beginning)
  • Callobatrachus
  • Unidentified Dragonflies
  • Jinzhousaurus
  • Unidentified Beetles (seen being kicked up by the Jinzhousaurus herd members)
  • Eomaia
  • Sinornithosaurus
  • Eosipterus
  • Dendrorhynchoides
  • Unidentified Striped Fish (seen dead and being squabbled over by the 2 Pterosaurs)
  • Confuciusornis
  • Caudipteryx
  • Manchurosuchus
  • Manchurochelys
  • Unidentified Freshwater Clams (seen on the lake bottom)
  • Unidentified Snails (mentioned in the lake description)
  • Unidentified Freshwater Crustaceans (listed in the Dragonfly nymph prey list)
  • Unidentified Mayfly (nymph)
  • Unidentified Predatory Fish (seen in the distance, hidden under some Water Lilies)
  • Protopsephurus
  • Lycoptera
  • Hyphalosaurus
  • Unidentified Cicadas (seen on page 20)
  • Beipiaosaurus
  • Sinosauropteryx
  • Unidentified Lizards
  • Unidentified Striped Moth (mentioned on page 23)
  • Microraptor
  • Psittacosaurus (dead)
  • Protopteryx
  • Protarchaeopteryx

    • References

    Feathered Dinosaurs of China Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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