Feathered Dinosaurs of China explained

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.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Plot

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

Animals featured

• 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

External links

• Wenzel's official website

Notes and References

1. December 2004 . Feathered Dinosaurs of China (Book) . Library Media Connection . 23 . 3 . 88–88.
2. Wagner . Donna Marie . April 2004 . Feathered Dinosaurs of China (Book) . School Library Journal . 50 . 4 . 181–181.
3. Pfeiffer . Jacqueline . 2005 . Review of Feathered Dinosaurs of China . Science and Children . 42 . 5 . 58–59 . 0036-8148.