Parabohaiornis martini

† Parabohaiornis martini was a small enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China. A carnivore exhibiting the characteristic reversed-hallux perching foot of enantiornithines, it inhabited forests of Early Cretaceous Liaoning and is known from articulated specimens.

Diet & Feeding

Carnivore

Parabohaiornis martini was a meat-eating predator. Carnivorous dinosaurs were active hunters or scavengers, equipped with sharp teeth and claws for catching and consuming prey. They occupied the top of the food chain in their ecosystems.

Time Period

Cretaceous Early Mesozoic Era

Parabohaiornis martini lived during the Cretaceous Early period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 145,0 to 100,5 million years ago.

The Cretaceous saw continued dinosaur evolution with the rise of ornithopods and early ceratopsians. Flowering plants first appeared and began to transform terrestrial ecosystems. Spinosaurus and other large theropods lived during this time.