Eocathayornis

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Eocathayornis
Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Subclass: Enantiornithes
Superorder: Euenantiornithes
Order: "Cathayornithiformes"
Family: "Cathyornithidae"
Genus: Eocathayornis

Eocathayornis was an enantiornithine bird that was probably[verification needed] more primitive than its relative Sinornis (also called Cathayornis). It lived during the Early Cretaceous in today's People's Republic of China.