Beiguornis
Beiguornis Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Avialae |
Clade: | †Enantiornithes |
Family: | †Bohaiornithidae |
Genus: | †Beiguornis Wang et al., 2022 |
Species: | †B. khinganensis
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Binomial name | |
†Beiguornis khinganensis Wang et al., 2022
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Beiguornis is a genus of bohaiornithid bird from the Early Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China. The genus contains a single species, Beiguornis khinganensis. Beiguornis is the first and only enantiornithine bird known from the Longjiang Formation. In the phylogenetic analysis conducted by the describing authors, Beiguornis formed a monophyletic group with the bohaiornithids Sulcavis and Zhouornis.[2]
References[]
- ^ Yu, Zhiqiang; Dong, Liping; Huyskens, Magdalena H.; Yin, Qing-Zhu; Wang, Yuan; Deng, Chenglong; He, Huaiyu (2022-03-01). "The exceptionally preserved Early Cretaceous "Moqi Fauna" from eastern Inner Mongolia, China, and its age relationship with the Jehol Biota". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 589: 110824. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110824. ISSN 0031-0182.
- ^ Wang X, Ju S, Wu W, Liu Y, Guo Z, Ji Q (2022). "The first enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous Longjiang Formation in the Great Khingan Range of Inner Mongolia". Acta Geologica Sinica.
- ^ Zhang Z, O'Connor J, Di L, Qingjin M, Sigurdsen T, Chiappe L (2014). "New information on the anatomy of the Chinese Early Cretaceous Bohaiornithidae (Aves: Enantiornithes) from a subadult specimen of Zhouornis hani". PeerJ. doi:10.7717/peerj.407.
Categories:
- Birds described in 2022
- Fossil taxa described in 2022
- Extinct birds of Asia
- Early Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia
- Prehistoric bird genera
- Enantiornitheans