Ningxiapus liupanshanensis

† Ningxiapus liupanshanensis is an Early Cretaceous bird ichnospecies from Ningxia, China. These small avian footprints document bird activity along Early Cretaceous wetland margins in northern China.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Ningxiapus liupanshanensis was a plant-eating dinosaur. Herbivores typically fed on ferns, cycads, conifers, and other vegetation available during their era. Many herbivorous dinosaurs developed specialized teeth and digestive systems for processing tough plant material.

Time Period

Cretaceous Early Mesozoic Era

Ningxiapus liupanshanensis 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.