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This list of Mesozoic birds is a comprehensive list of all Mesozoic dinosaurs that have been assigned to the clade Avialae (birds, in the broadest sense). The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now considered invalid, doubtful (nomen dubium), or were not formally published (nomen nudum), as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered avialan. The list currently includes ? genera.

Scope and terminology

There is no official, canonical list of Mesozoic bird genera, but some of the more complete ones include Holtz's list of Mesozoic dinosaurs,^[1] Molina-Perez & Larramendi's list of theropods,^[2] and Mickey Mortimer's Theropod Database.^[3]

Authors and year

The authors column lists the authors of the formal description responsible for the erection of the genus listed. They are not necessarily the same as the authors of the type species, as sometimes a species from one genus is determined sufficiently distinct to warrant the erection of a new genus to house it. If this is the case, only the latter authors will be listed. The year column notes the year the genus' description was published.

Status

Naming conventions and terminology follow the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). Technical terms used include:

Junior synonym: A name which describes the same taxon as a previously published name. If two or more genera are formally designated and the type specimens are later assigned to the same genus, the first to be published (in chronological order) is the senior synonym, and all other instances are junior synonyms. Senior synonyms are generally used, except by special decision of the ICZN, but junior synonyms cannot be used again, even if deprecated. Junior synonymy is often subjective, unless the genera described were both based on the same type specimen.
Nomen nudum (Latin for "naked name"): A name that has appeared in print but has not yet been formally published by the standards of the ICZN. Nomina nuda (the plural form) are invalid, and are therefore not italicized as a proper generic name would be. If the name is later formally published, that name is no longer a nomen nudum and will be italicized on this list. Often, the formally published name will differ from any nomina nuda that describe the same specimen.
Preoccupied name: A name that is formally published, but which has already been used for another taxon. This second use is invalid (as are all subsequent uses) and the name must be replaced. As preoccupied names are not valid generic names, they will also go unitalicized on this list.
Nomen dubium (Latin for "dubious name"): A name describing a fossil with no unique diagnostic features. As this can be an extremely subjective and controversial designation, this term is not used on this list.

Age

The age column denotes the epoch of geologic time to which the fossils date. Genera that are invalid, misidentified, or otherwise do not represent a valid Mesozoic bird are listed as age N/A because there was never a time in which a Mesozoic bird by that generic name actually lived.

Location and notes

The location column designates the geographic region where remains of the relevant genus have been found. The regions used are countries, despite the fact that there were no political boundaries in Mesozoic times; they are only used for convenience. Genera that are invalid, misidentified, or otherwise do not represent a valid Mesozoic bird are listed as location N/A because there was never a place in which a Mesozoic bird by that generic name actually lived. The notes column is a collection of annotations on the scientific significance and taxonomic history of listed genera, as well as elaborations on the information presented in other columns.

The list

Genus	Authors	Year	Status	Age	Location	Notes	Images
Abavornis^[4]	Panteleyev	1998	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Uzbekistan
Aberratiodontus^[5]	Gong et al.	2004	Junior synonym	Early Cretaceous	China	Junior synonym of Yanornis.
Alamitornis^[6]	Agonlin & Martinelli	2009	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Argentina
Alcmonavis^[7]	Rauhut et al.	2019	Valid	Late Jurassic	Germany
Alethoalaornis	Li et al.	2007	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Alexornis^[8]	Brodkorb	1976	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Mexico
Ambiortus	Kurochkin	1982	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Mongolia
Ambopteryx^[9]	Wang et al.	2019	Valid	Late Jurassic	China	Considered a non-avialan theropod by some researchers.
Anchiornis^[10]	Xu et al.	2009	Valid	Late Jurassic	China	Considered a non-avialan theropod by some researchers.
Apsaravis^[11]	Norell & Clarke	2001	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Mongolia
Archaeopteryx^[12]	Meyer	1861	Valid	Late Jurassic	Germany	Considered a non-avialan theropod by some researchers.
Archaeorhynchus^[13]	Zhou & Zhang	2006	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Archaeornis	Petronievics	1917	Junior synonym	Late Jurassic	Germany	Junior synonym of Archaeopteryx.
Archaeornithura^[14]	Wang et al.	2015	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Archaeovolans	Czerkas & Xu	2002	Junior synonym	Early Cretaceous	China	Junior synonym of Yanornis.
Aurornis^[15]	Godefroit et al.	2013	Valid	Late Jurassic	China	Considered a non-avialan theropod by some researchers.
Avimaia^[16]	Bailleul et al.	2019	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Avisaurus^[17]	Brett-Surman & Paul	1985	Valid	Late Cretaceous	United States
Balaur^[18]	Csiki et al.	2010	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Romania	Originally (and sometimes still) thought to be a non-avialan theropod.
Bauxitornis^[19]	Dyke & Ősi	2010	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Hungary
Bellulia	Wang et al.	2016a	Preoccupied	N/A	N/A	Name preoccupied by the both Bellulia Fibiger 2008 and replaced by Bellulornis.
Bellulornis	Wang et al.	2016b	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Bohaiornis^[20]	Hu et al.	2011	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Boluochia^[21]	Zhou	1995	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Caihong^[22]	Hu et al.	2018	Valid	Late Jurassic	China	Considered to be a non-avialan theropod by some researchers.
Camptodontornis^[23]	Demirjian	2019	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Camptodontus^[24]	Li et al.	2010	Preoccupied	N/A	N/A	Name preoccupied by the beetle Camptodontus Dejean, 1826 and replaced by Camptodontornis.
Catenoleimus^[4]	Panteleyev	1998	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Uzbekistan
Cathayornis	Zhou et al.	1992	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Changchengornis^[25]	Ji et al.	1999	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Changmaornis^[26]	Wang et al.	2013	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Changzuiornis^[27]	Huang et al.	2016	Disputed	Early Cretaceous	China	Possibly synonymous with Juehuaornis.
Chaoyangia	Hou & Zhang	1993	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Chiappeavis^[28]	O'Connor et al.	2016	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Chongmingia^[29]	Wang et al.	2016	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Concornis^[30]	Sanz & Buscalioni	1992	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Spain
Confuciusornis^[31]	Hou et al.	1995	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Cratoavis^[32]	Carvalho et al.	2015	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Brazil		File:Cratoavis restoration.jpg
Cretaaviculus	Bazhanov	1969	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Kazakhstan
Cruralispennia^[33]	Wang et al.	2017	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Cuspirostrisornis^[34]	Hou	1997	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Dalianraptor	Gao & Liu	2005	Disputed	N/A	N/A	Likely a chimaera consisting of a Jeholornis and another theropod.
Dalingheornis^[35]	Zhang et al.	2006	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Dapingfangornis^[36]	Li et al.	2006	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Didactylornis^[37]	Yuan	2008	Junior synonym	Early Cretaceous	China	Junior synonym of Sapeornis.
Dingavis^[38]	O'Connor et al.	2016	Disputed	Early Cretaceous	China	Possibly synonymous with Changzuiornis and/or Juehuaornis.
Dunhuangia^[39]	Wang et al.	2015	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Elbretornis^[40]	Walker & Dyke	2009	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Argentina	Possibly synonymous with Lectavis, Soroavisaurus and/or Yungavolucris.
Elektorornis^[41]	Xing et al.	2019	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Myanmar
Elsornis^[42]	Chiappe et al.	2007	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Mongolia
Enantiophoenix^[43]	Cau & Arduini	2008	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Lebanon
Enantiornis^[44]	Walker	1981	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Argentina
Eoalulavis^[45]	Sanz et al.	1996	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Spain
Eocathayornis^[46]	Zhou	2002	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Eoconfuciusornis^[47]	Zhang et al.	2008	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Eoenantiornis^[48]	Hou et al.	1999	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Eogranivora^[49]	Zheng et al.	2018	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Eopengornis	Wang et al.	2014	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Eosinopteryx^[50]	Godefroit et al.	2013	Valid	Late Jurassic	China	Considered a non-avialan theropod by some researchers.
Epidendrosaurus^[51]	Zhang et al.	2002	Junior synonym	Late Jurassic	China	Possible synonym of Scansoriopteryx.
Epidexipteryx^[52]	Zhang et al.	2008	Valid	Late Jurassic	China	Considered a non-avialan theropod by some researchers.
Evgenavis^[53]	O'Connor et al.	2014	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Russia
Explorornis^[4]	Panteleyev	1998	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Uzbekistan
Falcatakely^[54]	O'Connor et al.	2020	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Madagascar
Feitianius^[55]	O'Connor et al.	2015	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Flexomornis^[56]	Tykoski & Fiorillo	2010	Valid	Late Cretaceous	United States
Fortipesavis	Clark & O'Connor	2021	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Myanmar
Fortunguavis^[57]	Wang et al.	2014	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Fukuipteryx^[58]	Imai et al.	2019	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Japan
Gansus^[59]	Hou & Liu	1984	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Gargantuavis^[60]	Buffetaut & Le Loeuff	1998	Valid	Late Cretaceous	France Spain Romania
Gettyia^[61]	Atterholt et al.	2018	Valid	Late Cretaceous	United States
Gobipipus^[62]	Kurochkin & Chatterjee	2013	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Mongolia	Very similar to embryonic Gobipteryx.
Gobipteryx^[63]	Elżanowski	1994	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Mongolia
Grabauornis^[64]	Dalsätt et al.	2014	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Gracilornis^[65]	Li & Hou	2011	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Gretcheniao	Chiappe et al.	2019	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Griphornis	Woodward	1862	Junior synonym	Late Jurassic	Germany	Name officially rejected in favor of Archaeopteryx.
Griphosaurus	Wagner	1862	Junior synonym	Late Jurassic	Germany	Name officially rejected in favor of Archaeopteryx.
Gurilynia^[66]	Kurochkin	1999	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Mongolia
Halimornis^[67]	Chiappe	2002	Valid	Late Cretaceous	United States
"Hebeiornis"^[68]	Xu et al.	1999	Nomen nudum	N/A	N/A	Synonym of Vescornis due to being based on the same holotype. However, despite predating the description of Vescornis by five years, its description is so poor that it is regarded as a nomen nudum and a synonym.
Holbotia^[69]	Zelenkov & Averianov	2015	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Mongolia
Hollanda^[70]	Bell et al.	2010	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Mongolia
Hongshanornis^[71]	Zhou & Zhang	2005	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Horezmavis	Nessov & Borkin	1983	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Uzbekistan
Houornis^[72]	Wang & Liu	2015	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Huoshanornis^[73]	Wang et al.	2010	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Iberomesornis^[74]	Sanz & Bonaparte	1992	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Spain
Incolornis^[4]	Panteleyev	1998	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Uzbekistan
Intiornis^[75]	Novas et al.	2010	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Argentina
Iteravis	Zhou et al.	2014	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Jeholornis^[76]	Zhou et al.	2002	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Jianchangornis^[77]	Zhou et al.	2009	Early Cretaceous	China
Jibeinia^[34]	Hou	1997	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Jinguofortis^[78]	Wang et al.	2018	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Jinzhouornis	Hou et al.	2002	Junior synonym	Early Cretaceous	China	Junior synonym of Confuciusornis.
Jiuquanornis^[26]	Wang et al.	2013	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Jixiangornis^[79]	Ji et al.	2002	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Juehuaornis^[80]	Wang et al.	2015	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Junornis^[81]	Liu et al.	2017	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Jurapteryx	Howgate	1984	Junior synonym	Late Jurassic	Germany	Junior synonym of Archaeopteryx.
Khinganornis	Wang et al.	2020	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Kizylkumavis^[82]	Nessov	1984	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Uzbekistan
Kompsornis^[83]	Wang et al.	2020	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Largirostrornis^[34]	Hou	1997	Disputed	Early Cretaceous	China	Possible synonym of Cathayornis.
Lectavis^[84]	Chiappe	1993	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Argentina
Lenesornis^[85]	Kurochkin	1996	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Uzbekistan
Liaoningornis^[86]	Hou	1996	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Liaoxiornis^[87]	Hou & Chen	1999	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Lingyuanornis^[88]	Ji & Ji	1999	Junior synonym	N/A	N/A	Junior synonym of Liaoxiornis as it is based on the same holotype.
Linyiornis^[89]	Wang et al.	2016	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Longchengornis^[34]	Hou	1997	Disputed	Early Cretaceous	China	Possible synonym of Cathayornis.
Longicrusavis^[90]	O'Connor et al.	2010	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Longipteryx^[91]	Zhang et al.	2001	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Longirostravis^[92]	Hou et al.	2004	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Longusunguis^[93]	Wang et al.	2014	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Martinavis^[94]	Walker et al.	2007	Valid	Late Cretaceous	France Argentina
Mengciusornis	Wang et al.	2019	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Microenantiornis	Wei & Li	2017	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Mirarce^[61]	Atterholt et al.	2018	Valid	Late Cretaceous	United States
Mirusavis^[95]	Wang et al.	2020	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Monoenantiornis^[96]	Hu & O'Connor	2016	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Mystiornis^[97]	Kurochkin et al.	2011	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Russia
Nanantius^[98]	Molnar	1986	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Australia
Neuquenornis^[99]	Chiappe & Calvo	1994	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Argentina
Noguerornis^[100]	Lacasa-Ruiz	1989	Valid	Early Cretaceous	Spain
Oculudentavis^[101]	Xing et al.	2020	Misidentification	N/A	N/A	Originally described as a bird; reinterpreted as an indeterminate lizard.
Omnivoropteryx^[102]	Czerkas & Ji	2002	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Orienantinus	Liu et al.	2019	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Ostromia^[103]	Foth & Rauhut	2017	Valid	Late Jurassic	Germany	Considered a non-avialan theropod by some researchers.
Otogornis	Hou	1994	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Parabohaiornis^[93]	Wang et al.	2014	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Parahongshanornis^[104]	Li et al.	2011	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Parapengornis^[105]	Hu et al.	2015	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Paraprotopteryx^[106]	Zheng et al.	2007	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Parvavis^[107]	Wang et al.	2014	Valid	Late Cretaceous	China
Patagopteryx^[108]	Alvarenga & Bonaparte	1992	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Argentina
Pedopenna^[109]	Xu & Zhang	2005	Valid	Late Jurassic	China	Considered a non-avialan theropod by some researchers.
Pengornis^[110]	Zhou et al.	2008	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Piscivoravis^[111]	Zhou et al.	2013	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Piscivorenantiornis^[112]	Wang & Zhou	2017	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Platanavis	Nesov	1992	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Uzbekistan
"Proornis"	Lim	1993	Nomen nudum	N/A	N/A
Protopteryx^[113]	Zhang & Zhou	2000	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Pterygornis^[114]	Wang et al.	2015	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Qiliania^[115]	Ji et al.	2011	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Rahona^[116]	Forster et al.	1998a	Preoccupied	N/A	N/A	Name preoccupied by the moth Rahona Griveaud 1975 and replaced by Rahonavis.
Rahonavis^[117]	Forster et al.	1998b	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Madagascar	Considered a non-avialan theropod by some researchers.
Rapaxavis^[118]	Morschhauser et al.	2009	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Sapeornis^[119]	Zhou & Zhang	2002	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Sazavis	Nesov	1989	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Uzbekistan
Scansoriopteryx^[120]	Czerkas & Yuan	2002	Valid	Late Jurassic	China	Considered a non-avialan theropod by some researchers.
Schizooura^[121]	Zhou et al.	2012	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Serikornis^[122]	Lefèvre et al.	2017	Valid	Late Jurassic	China	Considered a non-avialan theropod by some researchers.
Shangyang	Wang & Zhou	2019	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Shanweiniao^[123]	O'Connor et al.	2009	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Shengjingornis^[124]	Li et al.	2012	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Shenqiornis^[125]	Wang et al.	2010	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Shenshiornis^[126]	Hu	2010	Junior synonym	Early Cretaceous	China	Junior synonym of Sapeornis.
Shenzhouraptor^[127]	Ji et al.	2002	Disputed	Early Cretaceous	China	Possible synonym of Jeholornis.
Sinornis^[128]	Sereno & Rao	1992	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Songlingornis^[34]	Hou	1997	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Soroavisaurus^[129]	Chiappe	1993	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Argentina
Sulcavis^[130]	O'Connor et al.	2013	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Tianyuornis^[131]	Zheng et al.	2014	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Vescornis^[132]	Zhang et al.	2004	Disputed	Early Cretaceous	China	Possible junior synonym of Jibeinia.
Vorona^[133]	Forster et al.	1996	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Madagascar
Wellnhoferia^[134]	Elżanowski	2001	Disputed	Late Jurassic	Germany	Possible junior synonym of Archaeopteryx.
Wyleyia^[135]	Harrison & Walker	1973	Valid	Early Cretaceous	England
Xiangornis^[136]	Hu et al.	2012	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Xinghaiornis^[137]	Wang et al.	2013	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Xiaotingia^[138]	Xu et al.	2011	Valid	Late Jurassic	China	Considered a non-avialan theropod by some researchers.
Yandangornis^[139]	Cai & Zhao	1999	Valid	Late Cretaceous	China
Yangavis^[140]	Wang et al.	2018	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Yanornis^[141]	Zhou & Zhang	2001	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Yi^[142]	Xu et al.	2015	Valid	Late Jurassic	China	Considered a non-avialan theropod by some researchers.
Yixianornis	Zhou & Zhang	2001	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Yixianosaurus^[143]	Xu & Wang	2003	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China	Considered a non-avialan theropod by some researchers.
Yuanjiawaornis^[144]	Hu et al.	2015	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Yumenornis^[26]	Wang et al.	2013	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Yungavolucris^[145]	Chiappe	1993	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Argentina
Zhongjianornis^[146]	Zhou et al.	2010	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Zhongornis^[147]	Gao et al.	2008	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Zhouornis^[148]	Zhang et al.	2013	Valid	Early Cretaceous	China
Zhyraornis^[82]	Nessov	1984	Valid	Late Cretaceous	Uzbekistan

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