Tatarornipes

† Tatarornipes is an Early Cretaceous ichnogenus of bird tracks from Inner Mongolia, China, representing a shorebird-like avian with distinctive narrow digit impressions. These trace fossils document Early Cretaceous bird diversity through behavioral evidence.

Diet & Feeding

Carnivore

Tatarornipes 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

Tatarornipes 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.