Schizooura
| Schizooura lii Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 120Ma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Euornithes |
| Genus: | †Schizooura Zhou, Zhou & O’Connor, 2012 |
| Species: | † S. lii |
| Binomial name | |
| Schizooura lii Zhou, Zhou & O’Connor, 2012 | |
Schizooura is a genus of basal ornithuromorph bird known from the Early Cretaceous of Jianchang, western Liaoning, China. Its remains were discovered in Jiufotang Formation deposits, dated to 120 million years ago.[1]
References
- ↑ Shuang Zhou, Zhong-He Zhou and Jingmai K. O’Connor (2012). "A new basal beaked ornithurine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Liaoning, China" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica 50 (1): 9–24.