Eocathayornis
| Eocathayornis Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Avialae |
| Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
| Genus: | †Eocathayornis Zhou, 2002 |
| Species: | †E. walkeri
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| Binomial name | |
| †Eocathayornis walkeri Zhou, 2002
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Eocathayornis is a genus of enantiornithine birds that was probably more primitive than related genera Sinornis and Cathayornis. These birds lived during the Early Cretaceous in today's People's Republic of China.[1]
References
- ^ Zhou, Z. (2002) A new and primitive enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(1):49-57.
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