Biology:Changmaornis

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Short description: Extinct genus of birds

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

Changmaornis is an extinct genus of basal ornithuromorph dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous Xiagou Formation of Changma Basin, Gansu Province of northwestern China . Changmaornis 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 Changmaornis houi.[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. PMID 24147058. 

Wikidata ☰ Q16751063 entry