Khinganornis
Khinganornis Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Avialae |
Clade: | Euornithes |
Clade: | Ornithuromorpha |
Genus: | †Khinganornis Wang et al., 2020 |
Species: | †K. hulunbuirensis
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Binomial name | |
†Khinganornis hulunbuirensis Wang et al., 2020
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Khinganornis (after the Greater Khingan mountain range) is a genus of ornithuromorph bird from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China. The genus contains a single species, Khinganornis hulunbuirensis, known from a nearly complete fossil preserved on a slab and counter slab. The holotype most likely represents an adult individual.[1]
References[]
- ^ Wang, Xuri; Cau, Andrea; Kundrát, Martin; Chiappe, Luis M.; Ji, Qiang; Wang, Yang; Li, Tao; Wu, Wenhao (2020-02-28). "A new advanced ornithuromorph bird from Inner Mongolia documents the northernmost geographic distribution of the Jehol paleornithofauna in China". Historical Biology. 33 (9): 1705–1717. doi:10.1080/08912963.2020.1731805. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 213971956.
Categories:
- Birds described in 2020
- Fossil taxa described in 2020
- Extinct birds of Asia
- Prehistoric bird genera
- Mesozoic birds of Asia
- Prehistoric euornitheans
- Prehistoric bird stubs