Xiangornis

Xiangornis
Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
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 of Western Liaoning, China.[1]

References

  1. 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.
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