Schizooura
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Extinct genus of birds
Schizooura Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 120 Ma
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Avialae |
Family: | †Schizoouridae |
Genus: | †Schizooura Zhou, Zhou & O’Connor, 2012 |
Species: | †S. lii
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†Schizooura lii Zhou, Zhou & O’Connor, 2012
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Schizooura is a genus of basal ornithuromorph bird known from the Early Cretaceous of Jianchang, western Liaoning, China. Its remains were discovered in Jiufotang Formation deposits, dated to 120 million years ago.[1]
References[]
- ^ Shuang Zhou, Zhong-He Zhou and Jingmai K. O’Connor (2012). "A new basal beaked ornithurine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Liaoning, China" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 50 (1): 9–24.
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