Jiuquanornis

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Jiuquanornis
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
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Holotype
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: Ornithuromorpha
Genus: Jiuquanornis
Wang et al., 2013
Type species
Jiuquanornis niui
Wang et al., 2013

Jiuquanornis is an extinct genus of basal ornithuromorph dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous Xiagou Formation of , Gansu Province of northwestern China. Jiuquanornis was first named by Ya-Ming Wang, Jingmai K. O'Connor, Da-Qing Li and Hai-Lu You in 2013 and the type species is Jiuquanornis niui.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Wang, Y. M.; O'Connor, J. K.; Li, D. Q.; You, H. L. (2013). Farke, Andrew A (ed.). "Previously Unrecognized Ornithuromorph Bird Diversity in the Early Cretaceous Changma Basin, Gansu Province, Northwestern China". PLOS ONE. 8 (10): e77693. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0077693. PMC 3795672. PMID 24147058.
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