Xiangornis
Xiangornis Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Avialae |
Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
Genus: | †Xiangornis Hu et al., 2012 |
Type species | |
†Xiangornis shenmi Hu et al., 2012 |
Xiangornis is an enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufofang Formation of Western Liaoning, China.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Hu, D.; Xu, X.; Hou, L.; Sullivan, C. (2012). "A new enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Liaoning, China, and its implications for early avian evolution". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (3): 639–645. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.652321. S2CID 85942925.