Shengjingornis
Appearance
Shengjingornis Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Avialae |
Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
Family: | †Longipterygidae |
Genus: | †Shengjingornis Li et al., 2012 |
Type species | |
†Shengjingornis yangi Li et al., 2012
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Shengjingornis is a genus of enantiornithean bird known from the Early Cretaceous of Jinzhou, western Liaoning, China. Its remains were discovered in Jiufotang Formation deposits, dated to 120 million years ago.[1]
References
- ^ Li Li, Wang Jinqi, Zhang Xi and Hou Shilin (2012). "A New Enantiornithine Bird from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation in Jinzhou Area, Western Liaoning Province, China". Acta Geologica Sinica. 86 (5): 1039–1044. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2012.00729.x.
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